Courtesy of Jon Franks(NEW YORK) A U.S. Navy veteran imprisoned in Mexico for more than 13 years for a crime he did not commit is now a free man after a judge overturned his conviction on Wednesday in the city of Acapulco.
"I’m so happy to be out and going home and be reunited with my family and to start my life again. I’m so grateful for my second chance," 46-year-old James Frisvold told ABC News exclusively after he walked free on Thursday from the notorious Las Cruces prison.
Frisvold headed back to his native California, where he was set to be reunited with his mother, sister and uncle at a private airport.
His release was secured by months of unofficial diplomacy orchestrated by Jonathan Franks, a family representative who worked with former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, now head of the Richardson Center for Global Engagement. Both were present when Frisvold left Las Cruces.
"For years, the Frisvolds tried and failed to get the attention of three succes
Courtesy of Jon Franks(NEW YORK) A U.S. Navy veteran imprisoned in Mexico for more than 13 years for a crime he did not commit is now a free man after a judge overturned his conviction on Wednesday in the city of Acapulco.
"I’m so happy to be out and going home and be reunited with my family and to start my life again. I’m so grateful for my second chance," 46-year-old James Frisvold told ABC News exclusively after he walked free on Thursday from the notorious Las Cruces prison.
Frisvold headed back to his native California, where he was set to be reunited with his mother, sister and uncle at a private airport.
His release was secured by months of unofficial diplomacy orchestrated by Jonathan Franks, a family representative who worked with former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, now head of the Richardson Center for Global Engagement. Both were present when Frisvold left Las Cruces.
"For years, the Frisvolds tried and failed to get the attention of three succes
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