Mom of US soldier charged with desertion seeks help from Mexico

[deadparrot]

MEXICO CITY (AFP) - The Mexican mother of a US soldier jailed for refusing to deploy to Iraq said she had asked Mexico's government for help in gaining his release.

"My son is no coward," Susan Aguayo said in Mexico City.

"My son is not disobedient. He is responsible and knows what he is doing," she said.

Her son, Agustin Aguayo, 35, was born in Guadalajara, and joined the US Army before applying for conscientious objector status.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070220/pl_afp/mexicousiraqmilitary_070220003810

[Selatius]

1. If he isn't a Mexican citizen, I don't see how the Mexican gov't could help.

Unless he has dual citizenship.

[951-Riverside]

2. Sorry lady but they're only "exporting"

:)

[SpiralHawk]

3. He's just following the leader: Commander AWOL

Ain't that what you're supposed to do?

[Mudoria]

4. I wonder why he joined the military if he was afraid of

going to war?

[fidgeting wildly]

5. He applied for conscientious objector status.

Nowhere does it say that he was "afraid" of going to war. He actually served one tour before refusing to go back. Not everyone objects because of fear.

[goforit]

6. So sad.

[Acadia Blue]

7. The Mexican government should stay out of this. He did not have

to enlist in the USA military.