U.S. Marine Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi Freed From Mexican Jail

Freed After 241 Days: Veteran U.S. Marine, 26, Who Served In Afghanistan And Was Thrown Into Mexican Jail After 'Accidentally' Crossing The Border With Loaded Guns -- Daily Mail

* Mexican judge released Andrew Tahmooressi, 26, from prison near Tijuana
* Tahmooressi crossed border earlier this year with loaded guns in his truck
* Weapons are legal to carry in California, but banned in Mexico
* Marine veteran, who served in Afghanistan, said he crossed by accident
* Judge ordered him free without deciding on the charges against him

A Mexican judge tonight ordered the immediate release of a jailed U.S. Marine veteran, eight months after he was jailed for crossing the border with loaded guns.

Retired sergeant Andrew Tahmooressi, 26, walked free tonight from a prison in Tecate, a border town just south of California after a judge decided he could go - without deciding whether he committed a crime.

He had been imprisoned for 241 days after getting lost on the freeway and finding himself with no way back into the United States.

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