New information on Eric Volz

Here is Kelly Sanders, NBC news, trying to get Eric to thank the Judges who freed him.

Sanders:

It took two or three judges on the appeals court to make what one described as a gutsy decision and they are facing retribution for that. What do you say to those judges who took a principled stand facing a tremendous amount of unpopularity?

Volz:

I think those judges did the right thing. I think those are the kind of people Nicaragua needs right now to, you know, make it through this tough time in their socioeconomic history, um, they need honest people to uphold the law and to really create a sense of trust within the community so that, you know, that it prospers.

Sanders:

Give me your interpersonal conflict, you’re now free, you’re now here in the United States. Those judges, making this gutsy unpopular decision, are facing, potentially, prison themselves….

Volz:

Yeah, there’s a very specific group of high powered Sandinista politicians and supreme court justices who are now trying to cast the blame on someone else, they’re trying to find another scapegoat because, they, the whole time their rhetoric has been that Eric Volz was guilty.

Sanders:

What do you say to these judges? Do you owe them a thank you? What do you say to these judges?

Volz:

If I could say something to the judges I would say, I commend them, for upholding the law and for sticking to what they believed was true and correct, um, I don’t think it would be right to thank them for doing what was right and sticking by the law, I think they have that civic responsibility and I think they have nothing to worry about, in time, again, the truth will prevail and everyone will know that they did, you know, they made honest and independent decisions.

Sanders:

And does it weigh on your mind what they are now going through? Or are you like, that’s all in the rear view mirror?

Volz: Of course. Of course it’s hard for us but you know unfortunately we have to stick by the law and you know, um, by me defending myself which I am now forced to defend myself from another country, I was deported illegally from Nicaragua, and um, now I’m being tried in absentia they are continuing to review my case while I’m absent which is illegal according to the Nicaraguan constitution….

Sanders:

Why does that matter, you’re gone, you’re free, you can breath the air, walk around, it’s all behind you.

Volz:

But it’s not. It’s not over. This has become a very political case, there are, I still receive death threats, um, there are many people who sincerely believe in Nicaragua that have been deceived by the press that I am guilty.

Sanders:

But why, is it that your conscience is weighed down by this, I mean, I would think most people would say, that chapter of my life is over, I’m not even going to think about it anymore, and it’s on your mind?

Volz:

Well it’s uh, there is nothing weighing on my mind, it’s not that, it’s that, I feel the responsibility, to tell the story, I feel the responsibility to do what I can so that Doris’s murderers are brought to justice, and I feel a responsibility to the story, I mean, justice belongs to everyone, etc…..

I doubt that anyone here or any other site can say for sure if Eric is innocent or guilty. I suppose there are three people who can since the investigation was so badly done. One is dead, one is Eric and maybe the third is the person who did if Eric did not.

As for me I do not know, what I do know is that he did not receive a fair trial. If things like his phone records and witnesses are in deed false, then they show have been brought into court to prove them wrong.

I also do not believe in a huge conspiracy on behalf of Daniel. Having said that nothing happens here without him micromanaging it. Fact is I do not care. What I do care about (until I leave here) is how this has left the country of Nicaragua. In a state of wanting justice no matter who or what is involved, as long as it is a "gringo".

This is where I do worry about Sandinista control. If this happened under a different government I would be worried about backlash but having a man as the president here, with a true hatred toward the United States and ALL Americans I am truly concerned.

(During the contra war there were some foreigners here that supported Ortega and his cause. At one point the Sandinista government deemed it was too dangerous for them to travel outside of Managua so it was ordered that they do not travel. Daniel changed that, or to say otherwise, Americans were "not informed" of this policy. So even if you are on his side he would rather see you dead.)

I have spoken with many people here, Sandinista and non alike, police, business owners, lawyers, politicians, and regular people. So far, not one has been able to say that the next American (or Gringo) that is involved in anything here, will be in hot water then hung out to dry.

So hungry is the country "gringo justice" that the chance of going to jail over anything is very real. The question I poised to them is this: If a drunk taxi driver on the wrong side of the road hits me head on and a child in the back is injured or killed...who is guilty? 100% have told me, I am completely or at least somewhat at fault and I will go to jail.

Now that question does not include if it is the fault of the "gringo", bad judgment or a car mechanical problem. Then forget it, face on the front page of the paper included.

This is something that goes across all political spectrum's here but I do not trust the current government to provide a fair trial, sorry.

I know many will disagree with me here and that is fine.

For the rest of you take note and be careful. There are problems like this in every country but I see this as a huge problem right here, right now for "Gringos".

This information comes from a party with definite interest in the case. One has to remember who the source of this article is.

The following paragraph has taken all credibility from that article.

Leonel Teller, spokesman for the Liberal Party in Nicaragua stated, “The Liberal Party makes an urgent call to all Democratic political forces to sign an alliance agreement to unite and to take necessary measures because today it is Aleman, tomorrow Montealegre, day after tomorrow it can be any of you in the media or any leader. We are before the reestablishment of dictatorship.

To make an attempt to paint Aleman as a victim is ludicrous.

I suppose we'll see Volz on the talk show circuit soon. Poor, poor persecuted Eric.