U.S. embarrased by plight of Mexican journalist?

Gutierrez illegally crossed into the U.S. on June 15, with his 15-yer-old son, and turned himself in and asked for asylum.

He has been in custody since, and will not have a hearing until March.

His lawyer, El Paso attorney Carlos Spector, said in the article that U.S. officials ... have called Gutierrez a "threat to the community" but offered no evidence. "They can't even come up with a rationale," Spector said. "They don't even try."

Spector theorizes that the U.S. government is loath to offer relief to a journalist who has raised doubts about the Mexican military's conduct. That would embarrass an ally and trading partner.

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