August : Hammar meets his family at the border . Scott Hammar , 27 , was jailed in Mexico in August on a questionable gun charge . His family says he was sometimes chained to a bed in a low - security cell . Along with his surfboards , Hammar took an antique shotgun handed down from his great-grandfather . The former soldier , who served in Iraq and Afghanistan , was headed to Costa Rica .
August : Hammar meets his family at the border . Scott Hammar , 27 , was jailed in Mexico in August on a questionable gun charge . His family says he was sometimes chained to a bed in a low - security cell . The former soldier , who served in Iraq and Afghanistan , was headed to Costa Rica .