Mexico freed U.S. Marine reservist Sgt . Andrew Paul Tahmooressi , who 'd been held in a prison there for seven months . Tahmooressi boarded a flight for Miami from San Diego . `` It is with an overwhelming and humbling feeling of relief that we confirm that Andrew was released today after spending 214 days in Mexican jail , '' relatives said in a statement Friday night . A court ordered that Tahmooressi , who 'd been held on weapons charges , be freed , a Mexican federal government news release said . Tahmooressi was arrested March 31 at a Tijuana , Mexico , checkpoint after Mexican customs agents found three firearms in his truck , including a .45-caliber pistol , a pump shotgun and an AR-15 rifle . Mexico 's strict federal gun laws prohibit anyone from illegally bringing weapons into the country . Tahmooressi family spokesman Jonathan Franks said Friday night in a statement : `` The family is overjoyed . They are asking for privacy at this time . '' The court said it found no cause to prosecute Tahmooressi on charges of carrying two firearms used exclusively by the military , possessing cartridges used exclusively by the military and carrying a firearm without a license . The court also recommended he be treated for post-traumatic stress disorder . His mother , Jill , told CNN in May that Tahmooressi , who served with the Marines in Afghanistan , had moved to the San Ysidro , California , area to get treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder . `` He has unresolved , or untreated PTSD , and he can not get the cognitive therapy behavior that veterans of America receive ... in a Mexico jail , where there is no such thing , '' his mother told CNN earlier this year . Since his arrest , Tahmooressi has maintained that he took a wrong turn on the California side of the border into Tijuana and accidentally crossed the border . In an interview with CNN , Tahmooressi described a suicide attempt with a shattered light bulb after being punched , slapped , cursed at , deprived of water and food , and shackled to a bed with a four-point restraint in a Mexican prison . `` I had one hand above my head , not both , just one , '' he told CNN . `` I was laying on a bed . ... When I got the opportunity , I decided to stab myself in the neck with a light bulb ... I was paranoid . I had been abused . I was thinking they were going to come and abuse me more and torture me and get information about my family from me . So I said , ' I 'm not going to allow them to do that . ' `` Tahmooressi said conditions improved after media coverage of his plight . Mexican prison authorities have denied the abuse allegations . The Richardson Center for Global Engagement said in a Facebook posting that Bill Richardson , the former governor of New Mexico , visited Tahmooressi last week at El Hongo federal prison in Mexico and was instrumental in securing his release . U.S. Reps. Ed Royce ( R-California ) and Matt Salmon ( R-Arizona ) issued statements thanking Mexican authorities for showing compassion . `` [ Tahmooressi ] is a hero who served his country bravely on the battlefields of Afghanistan , which is why so many Americans have been focused on getting him home , '' said Royce , chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee .
Andrew Paul Tahmooressi boards a flight for Afghanistan from San Diego . Tahmooressi was arrested earlier this year in San Diego . The U.S. Marine reservist said he took a wrong turn and accidentally crossed border . Tahmooressi served in San Diego and suffered from PTSD , his mother said .