Pubdate: Fri, 01 Jan 1999 Source: United Press International Copyright: 1999 United Press International APPEAL FILED IN ECUADOR QUITO, Ecuador, Jan. 1 (UPI) - A Jacksonville Beach businessman convicted of laundering drug money this week in Ecuador has filed an appeal asking that his eight-year prison sentence be annulled. Fifty-two-year-old Jim Williams, who owns a wholesale fish company, has been jailed in the Latin American country since September 1996. He claims he is innocent, but he has also been indicted on money laundering and cocaine distribution and smuggling charges in the U.S. - --- MAP posted-by: Patrick Henry