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Court, and i promise you they will review it. there were some talks that although the justice there is cannot talk about a case, they were willing, and i believe he knew it. i don't know if i convince him, and turn out later that i guess he checked it out and turned out that is what was going to happen. having said that, he must have, you know, found. it's interesting because he never responded to my constitutional violations but that's an option we are going to decide to do, you know, down the line. justify to the element of the crime that was in there, which was the intent. let's remember, l...

Court, and i promise you they will review it. there were some talks that although the justice there is cannot talk about a case, they were willing, and i believe he knew it. i don't know if i convince him, and turn out later that i guess he checked it out and turned out that is what was going to happen. having said that, he must have, you know, found. it's interesting because he never responded to my constitutional violations but that's an option we are going to decide to do, you know, down the line. justify to the element of the crime that was in there, which was the intent. let's remember, l...

Gun and heave -- he was on the way out of the country and the mexican government notified him, is that what happened? >> 80%. the other part, a u.s. customs agent told him it was legal to go to mexico with registration papers. the problem was when he came back into the states. he goes to mexico with customs and they tell him to wait and then five hours later, he was arrested for violation of article 11, paragraph "h" of the federal law of weapons and explosives, which has that you can import any shotgun except certain type of shotguns. for example, once a certain caliber. this particular calib...

Lawyers had been there and there was some legal maneuvering if you will that took place. after this i spoke to the judge personally because i wanted to cross-examine the mexican customs agent that should have released him anyway. there were two court hearings set, one for november 17th, one for november 23rd. so the judge continued hearings until january 17th, i say, november 30th we're ready to go to trial. i'm in new york with my kids in thanksgiving i get a phone call, john was taken to court on november 23rd, without his lawyer present, that's me and most important they talked to him. and ...

Four months of this and now reports surfacing that jailers are chaining him to his bed. >> that's right. we spoke to his lawyer in mexico city this morning for a time hammer was chained to his bed but currently not being chained there. i asked his father about this. his father visited the prison and said while he was there that john hammer was in fact chained to the bed. here is what the father had to say about that. >> they chained him to the bed so that they could feel safe is he not going to run away and they are not going to get in trouble. >> clear on the border entrance to mexico. signs ...