Parents plead for former Marine's release in Mexico

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By Justin Finch, NBCMiami.comJon Hammar’s Marine veteran son is being held in a Mexican  prison – and he’s desperate to bring him home safe.

Follow @NBCNewsUS  “I don't know what to do to get him out before he gets killed,”  he said.

The holidays have been unbearable for the Hammar family in Palmetto Bay – hoping each day that they'll soon see their son  Johnny again.

They last saw him back in August, before he took off in a  Winnebago with a friend for a road trip to Costa Rica, where the two planned to  surf.




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