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May 19, 1979 California, United States 44 years old
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About Eric Volz
- Eric Volz (born May 19, 1979) is an American entrepreneur, author, and the managing director of The David House Agency, an international crisis resource agency based in Los Angeles.
- The New York Times recognized Volz as a highly sought crisis manager.
- He specializes in strategy for international show trials and other complex political and legal situations abroad.After his own high-profile wrongful imprisonment case, Volz formed the David House Agency.
- He was sentenced to a 30-year prison term in Nicaragua following his wrongful conviction for the November 2006 rape and murder of ex-girlfriend Doris Ivania Jiménez in San Juan del Sur. An appellate court overturned the conviction on December 17, 2007, and Volz was released from prison four days later.
- He left Nicaragua immediately and went into hiding in an unknown location because of death threats and over concerns for his physical safety.
- His experience would become the foundation for his life’s work.
- In an interview with The New York Times, Volz stated that he named the David House Agency after the biblical “shepherd who slew a giant and knew he was on the right side of the equation.”Friends and supporters in both countries had insisted on Volz's innocence, claiming that the trial court ignored evidence, and that Volz was the victim of anti-gringo sentiment.
- Opponents in Nicaragua protested against his release due to what they perceived as special consideration as an American, pressure from the United States government, and accusations that Volz's family bribed the appellate court judges.Volz’s involvement is visible in some of the highest-profile cases of recent years, including: Matthew and Grace Huang, Jason Puracal, the ‘American Hikers in Iran’ case, Amir Hekmati, Kenneth Bae and Amanda Knox.Upon his return to the United States, Eric wrote a memoir about his experience, Gringo Nightmare: A Young American Framed for Murder in Nicaragua.
- The book was published by St.
- Martin's Press.
