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Convicted Murderer Released by Trump From Venezuelan Prison Is Free in U.S.
At least some American officials knew that Dahud Hanid Ortiz had been convicted of a triple murder when he was put on the plane to the United States.
...In 2023, officials in
the Biden administration who had learned of his detention in Venezuela decided not to take him as part of a different prisoner swap, according to a former U.S. official. The official said that the Spanish authorities had asked the United States to send him to Spain, but that Spanish officials ultimately decided against this — and the Department of Justice decided it didn’t want him in the United States...
...The decision by the Trump administration to facilitate Mr. Hanid Ortiz’s release from the Venezuelan prison
has elicited anger and fear among relatives of his victims — and a man court records say he had intended to kill but who, ultimately, survived. ...
nytimes.com - Trump venezuela convicted murderer swapWinning! Such winning! Riddle me this. How did Biden do it right and Trump fuck it up?
