Among the 10 Americans launched from Venezuela in a detainee swap recently was founded guilty of eliminating 3 individuals in Spain and was offering a 30-year sentence in a Venezuelan jail prior to his launch, Spanish and Venezuelan authorities informed ABC Information.
Dahud Hanid Ortiz, 54, was founded guilty in Venezuela of eliminating 3 individuals in a Madrid regulation workplace in 2016, according to the Spanish Inside Ministry and the Venezuelan vice head of state’s workplace.
Spanish authorities claimed Ortiz stabbed to fatality 2 women staff members and a customer of the law practice in June 2016. Authorities claimed Ortiz was trying to find the legal representative that ran the workplace, that was away at the time.
Venezuelan travelers that were imprisoned in El Salvador stroll upon arrival at Simon Bolivar International Airport Terminal in Maiquetia, Venezuela, on July 18, 2025.
Federico Parra/AFP by means of Getty Photos
Talking on Venezuelan Television on Thursday, Venezuela’s Justice Priest Diosdado Cabello claimed united state authorities were outlined Ortiz’s sentence yet claimed they still desired him launched.
The united state understood Ortiz’ previous yet decided to bring him out in the swap anyhow, according to a united state authorities knowledgeable about the issue.
The swap included the exchange of 10 Americans kept in Venezuela for the launch of greater than 200 Venezuelan travelers that had actually been deported from the united state and sent out to El Salvador’s CECOT jail.
united state people launched from Venezuela posture for a picture holding united state flags after a detainee swap, at an unidentified place, in this handout image launched July 18, 2025.
Venezuela’s united state Consular office by means of Reuters
The united state authorities claimed the management’s emphasis was obtaining Americans out of Venezuela’s infamous jails.
All informed, 8 of the 10 Americans released recently were formally categorized by the united state federal government as “wrongfully restrained.” Ortiz was not categorized thus, the authorities claimed.
As component of a previous 2023 detainee swap in between the united state and Venezuela, Ortiz was meant to be sent out to Spain to be pursued the murders– yet that never ever emerged.
Ortiz, that had actually been jailed in Venezuela in 2018, was punished for the 2016 murder on Jan. 9, 2024 in Caracas.
