“......aid will be in jeopardy if the Marine is not released”....... My behind!,
There would be all out war.
Perhaps the American citizen should arm themselves and go down to Mexico and TAKE that marine back.
Frankly, another Mexican-American War is a good idea. These a-holes have always been enemies of the U.S. since we kicked their butts back in 1847. A few artillary fusillades might wake them up and convince them that the U.S. doesn’t want them, their drugs cartels or their corrupt leaders.