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José Olivares and Sam Jones in Madrid

Ex-marine convicted of killing three people released to US in prisoner swap

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Dahud Hanid Ortiz, center right holding small US flag, was among the 10 Americans freed. Photograph: US Department of State via X

A Venezuelan American murderer and ex-US marine, who killed three people in Spain in 2016, was released to the US during last Friday’s high-profile prisoner swap between the US, El Salvador and Venezuela, according to media and NGO reports.

Dahud Hanid Ortiz, who was convicted last year in Venezuela of a triple homicide in Madrid, is one of the 10 US nationals that arrived in Texas last Friday.

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