Kerry and State Department Should Consider Maldonado's Case

   John Kerry and the U.S. State Department should consider stepping in.
   With a U.S. citizen jailed in Mexico on what might be trumped up charges, is it not the obligation of Kerry and the State Department to weigh what we know of the case, and determine if Yanira Maldonado is being railroaded by a foreign government?
   If this had happened in, say, Iran, would we be saying, "Let the judicial system take it's course, for she might be guilty"? What makes us think the legal system in Mexico is any less suspect? We owe it to our citizens, when they are arrested there and the case seems suspect, to review their cases and make our own determination of guilt. And, if it is determined the the American citizen is guilty, our State Department should demand that that person be set free.
   Yanira Maldonado is accused of carrying about 12 pounds of marijuana onto the bus, having it strapped under her seat.
   In America, we do not take lightly to other governments abducting our citizens. At least we shouldn't. It is not only a matter the State Department should be looking into, but perhaps a matter President Obama should be speaking out on.

(Note: Story edited May 31)