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And charged with carrying a deadly weapon and thrown in jail. now, here it is, four months later, he is still sitting in a notoriously dangerous prison and until a couple of days ago, he was chained to a bed. and his parents have been told that they would kill his son unless they wire thousands of dollars to an account. they are demanding that their son be released and you might be able too help them. here are the patients, olivia and john. thank you both for being here. >> thank you for having us. >> sean: he served in iscprak afghanistan. has ptsd. he tried to get help, going on vacation. he...

Good morning to you, ma'am. >> thank you for having me. >> gretchen: so this has been going on since august 15. your son went to mexico on some sort of a trip. he took a gun that belonged to his great grandfather and he was arrested. pick it up from there. >> he went to the u.s. customs side and told them he wanted to take this rifle on this trip. he was actually -- his destination was costa rica on a surfing trip. he was just going through mexico. the customs said you need to fill out this registration paper and dare declare it as you cross the border and he was immediately arrested and he ha...