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Yaroslav Hunka, 98, had been called a "hero" in Canadian Parliament. LONDON -- Canada's House of Commons speaker apologize d for praising a Ukrainian veteran who fought for a Nazi unit. During Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's visit to the Canadian parliament on Friday, speaker Anthony Rota called 98-year-old veteran Yaroslav Hunka a "hero." Hunka, who was in the crowd and received two standing ovations, served as a member of the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS before retiring to Canada. Yaroslav Hunka, right, waits for the arrival of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the House of Commons in Ottawa, Onatario on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. Patrick Doyle/AP Jewish human rights groups raised concern, with The Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center calling the praise shocking and outrageous, claiming that Hunka's military unit was implicated in the mass murder of Jews and others. "There should be no confusion that this unit was ...

James Frisvold was freed from Las Cruces prison in Mexico after 13 years behind bars for the 2010 killing of Natalya Sidorova, which he didn't commit 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 whe...