
A Venezuelan national who took three U.S. citizens hostage in the Dominican Republic in 2022 was sentenced Monday to 25 years in federal prison, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia announced.
Deivy Jose Rodriguez Delgado, 30, was convicted by a jury in December 2023 of one count of conspiracy to commit hostage taking and three counts of hostage taking. Following his prison sentence, Rodriguez Delgado is ordered to serve five years of supervised release, and he will be subject to deportation proceedings.