Jon Hammar, Marine jailed in Mexico, released from prison

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The ordeal for Jon Hammar Jr., who languished under deplorable conditions in a violent Mexican prison for four months, is finally over.

Jon Hammar Sr. has confirmed that his 27-year-old son, a Marine combat veteran, is back on U.S. soil and with him in a rented car in Brownsville, Texas.

Hammar Sr. said his son was released from Mexico's notorious CEDES prison at 8 p.m. local time and made it back across the bridge between Matamoros, Mexico and Brownsville, Texas by around 8:30 p.m.

The ex-Marine, who was arrested at the same border crossing Aug. 13 after attempting to declare an antique shotgun, was suffering from a stomach virus, according to his father as he and reunited son drove from the border looking for a hotel to spend the night.

"We're both tired and at our wits end," Hammar Sr. said. "We're glad he's out of there."

His son declined interviews.

Hammar Sr., said because it was dark he could not get a good look at his son to see how the ordeal affected him physically.

He did express concern for the Post Traumatic Stress Disorder his son has been battling since 2008.

Hammar Sr., said he and his wife heard from their son's attorney, Eddie Varon-Levy, Thursday night that their son was going to be released from prison today.

He quickly caught a flight and spent the day anxiously waiting for his son's repatriation.

"It took them all freaking day to process him out," Hammar Sr. said.

Now begins the rebuilding process for Jon Hammar Jr., who will make the 22 hour drive with his father back to their Palmetto Bay, Fla. home, to be reunited with his mother Olivia, and to spend Christmas at home.

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