The man made a wrong turn. I have seen the interchange.
Turning there intuiitively looks like you will be headed away from the border...but then it circles back and there is no chance or place to turn around, with coincrete barriers all along, before reaching the boarder station.
He reached it and informed them that he was there by mistake and did not want to enter Mexico.
They looked in his car and arrested him.
Mexico is supposed to be our ally and they receive beaucoup denoero from Uncle Sugar.
So all of your smoke blowing is easily trumped...and should be trumped by anyone willing to stand beside a lyoal American.
We simply tell Mexico either to allow him to leave as a result of this very clear mistake, or the US will put serious hurt on them...ala suspending all NAFTA traffic immediately.
The man is a decorated combat veteran. he is the type of people we should all stand beside.
Having 3 loaded guns with him, one within reach, is illegal in California ane he’s a total jerk and deserves any prison time he gets which should be 20 years.
take a gun or amunition into Mexico and you are going to prison.
I’ve been through that crossing at least 50 times and he has been there before also.
The turn around is well marked as is the last turnoff before the border.