Last year when I was in Nicaragua, there was a murder in a town I was about to visit called San Juan Del Sur. An American was convicted of the crime, although at his trial no real evidence was ever presented (see my earlier blog entry about this here). Yesterday a court in Nicaragua overturned the conviction. Read more in the CNN Article about the developments. To paraphrase, the judge who was supposed to release him today never showed up, and Eric was taken to a police hospital today as well. The details are vague, but I’m hopeful that Eric is OK. More details as they are printed online (does that even make sense?).

The Friends of Eric Volz website has an update about the situation – definitely worth checking out. Some scary shit.

[Update 12-21-07 12:45 PM MST: cnn.com is reporting that Eric has been freed (finally).]