he spent four months in a filthy jail and was chained to his bed. mexican authorities released him under heavy pressure. joining us now from miami is corporal hammer. how are you feeling corporal? >> feeling a lot better. >> bill: let's pick it up when your ordeal began. you drive down with a friend to brownsville, texas check in with the u.s. authorities. what do you tell the u.s. people? >> we told them we have got this hunting shotgun, and we're trying to go through mexico legally what do we have to do? they gave us paper work to fill ourt. said you know if you declare it with this paper work you should be fine. we paid a fee, we crossed the border. and... declared the weapon and after that, things started going wrong. >> bill: you go to the mexican side, you show them american