I heard Congresswoman Ilean Ros Leithen (not sure how to spell her name, she is the Cuban American congresswoman from Miami) say on Fox News that the prison where Hammar is locked up in is not under the control of the Mexican government. It is run by one of the cartels. Even if the president and government of Mexico wanted to release him they might not have the power to do it. We should send Seal Team 6 down there.
From what I have heard, the cartels weld “considerable” influence inside the prison.
Seems to me if I were a guard and the cartel knew where my family lived——well. Considerable is probably right.