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American Convicted of Murder Among Those Trump Rescued From Venezuela Prison

The Trump administration said it was protecting Americans unjustly held abroad. One of the rescued men, Dahud Hanid Ortiz, killed three people, according to court documents.

© State Department

A photo released on social media by the State Department shows some of the 10 freed Americans who had been detained in Venezuela as they returned to the United States this month. Dahud Hanid Ortiz is at center right, holding a small flag.

U.S. Botched a Deal to Swap Venezuelans in El Salvador for American Prisoners

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the U.S. envoy to Venezuela were both working on different deals and ended up at cross purposes.

© Fred Ramos for The New York Times

Inmates at the Terrorism Confinement Center, or CECOT, a maximum-security prison in Tecoluca, El Salvador, in March.
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