Christy and Paul Akeo have been held without bail since March 4. Michigan U.S. Rep. Tom Barrett is traveling to Mexico on Wednesday to aid in release.

Congressman Tom Barrett posted video Thursday night of he and Christy and Paul Akeos getting on a plane and a note saying they were coming home.

Michigan Republican Rep. Tom Barrett is traveling to Mexico to visit a Michigan couple jailed because of a dispute with a resort company over timeshare payments. Barrett posted on X Wednesday morning ...

Michigan Congressman Tom Barrett (R-Southfield) is headed south of the border to demand the release of a Michigan couple in a Mexican jail. Barrett departed for Mexico Tuesday afternoon to demand the ...

Rep. Tom Barrett of Michigan says a couple who was jailed in Mexico are returning to the U.S. after spending a month behind bars over a timeshare dispute.

Following the couple's release, the Akeo family said that Congressman Tom Barrett had traveled to Mexico "camped out at the prison and made it clear that he would not return home without them," per ...

The language barrier is unreal,” said Christy. Congressman Tom Barrett shared what he saw in the prison as well when he visited the couple in Mexico. “I walked through part of the interior of the ...

After spending a month in a Mexican jail over a timeshare dispute, Michigan U.S. Rep. Tom Barrett announced Paul and Christy Akeo are returning to the U.S.

U.S. Rep. Tom Barrett said more than 5,000 people joined the telephone town hall, which he hosted from his Washington D.C.