Aqua Quest Crew Freed, Thank You Congressman Fitzpatrick

Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick Aqua Quest Crew FreedCongressman Mike Fitzpatrick who deserves kudos for getting the Auqa Quest crew freed.

 

An Aqua Quest crew that had been jailed for two months in Honduras is coming home and a Pennsylvania congressman is instrumental in getting them released.

Aqua Quest is a salvage company based in Tarpon Springs, Fla. Their vessel was in Honduras to remove mahogany logs when police boarded it and found an AK-47, two handguns and two shotguns.

The crew’s captain, Robert Mayne, had encountered bandits on previous trips and felt the weapons were needed for protection.

The crew was arrested on the grounds they did not have a permit to carry weapons and one of the ones they carried was prohibited.

One of the crew members was Devon Butler, whose mother Rosemary Carroll lives in Pennsylvania’s 8th Congressional district which is represented by Republican Mike Fitzpatrick.

Mrs. Carroll contacted Fitzpatrick and he and his staff went to work.

The work paid off last week. Fitzpatrick spent June 22 through June 24 in that country where he met with Honduran administrative and judicial officials and visited the men in jail.

“I . . . witnessed the deplorable conditions in which they were wrongfully held for nearly two months,” Fitzpatrick said. “The strength and courage of these men in the face of uncertainty and danger in a far-away place is an inspiration to me.”

After the meetings the men were freed.

Thank you Congressman.

Hat tip Teri Adams of the Independence Hall Tea Party Association

 

Aqua Quest Crew Freed, Thank You Congressman Fitzpatrick

 

 

3 thoughts on “Aqua Quest Crew Freed, Thank You Congressman Fitzpatrick”

  1. Too bad we didn’t have any Honduran communists doing time in Guantanamo. Our leader could have ( after waiting a couple of years) traded them off to free the prisoners.

  2. Done right, you’ll never get tired of beans and rice. Try this recipe:
    one 1/2 pound ham hock
    2 16-ounce cans of red beans
    3/4 cup water
    1/2 teaspoon onion powder
    1 teaspoon powdered garlic
    1/2 treaspoon salt
    2 table spoons lard or Crisco
    1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper

    pour 1 can of the beans into a 2 quart pot add the ham and water. Simmer on medium heat for about an hour or until the meat can be taken off the bone. place the meat, beans and liquid in a food processor. Add onion powder, garlic peppr salt and lard. Process for only four seconds to chop the beans liquid thick. Now pour the bean mixture back into the pot and cook slowly over low heat until ready to serve over cooked and drained long grain rice.
    Yummy!

    But I’ll stay right here in the good ole USA to enjoy it.

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