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"It’s been nearly a week since Dahud Hanid Ortíz, sentenced by a Venezuelan court to 30 years in prison for a gruesome triple murder, was last seen publicly — grinning triumphantly as he arrived in Texas, having been freed through an expansive deal brokered at the behest of President Donald Trump. Since then, as the disturbing details of Hanid Ortíz’s past have come to light, the Trump administration has refused to disclose his whereabouts or explain why a convicted killer was included in a prisoner swap touted by the White House as fulfillment of Trump’s promise to liberate Americans wrongfully detained abroad. A person with knowledge of the case said that Hanid Ortíz was in the United States and not being detained. This person, like some others interviewed for this article, spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive matter.
...The imbroglio has angered the governments of Spain, where Hanid Ortíz was investigated for the 2016 killings, according to court documents, and Germany, which helped the Spanish authorities in the inquiry. The dearth of information being shared from Washington also is sowing fear among the victims’ families, who say they are terrified at the prospect that he is walking free.
...The administration’s suspected failure to properly vet Hanid Ortíz before allowing him to board the Gulfstream jet that left Caracas for Texas on July 18 also has caused a rift within the State Department, which led the negotiations central to last week’s prisoner swap. The U.S. official acknowledged that Hanid Ortíz’s inclusion in the release was “ruffling a lot of feathers” at the department because the dual U.S.-Venezuelan citizen was never on lists of Americans whom the Trump administration sought from Venezuelan authorities. “It seems like no one was checking closely,” said the official."
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It is often difficult to tell the corruption from the incompetence in the Trump administration. Seems like in this case it's incompetence.
Well, at least the killer seems to be sorry for what he did.
...The imbroglio has angered the governments of Spain, where Hanid Ortíz was investigated for the 2016 killings, according to court documents, and Germany, which helped the Spanish authorities in the inquiry. The dearth of information being shared from Washington also is sowing fear among the victims’ families, who say they are terrified at the prospect that he is walking free.
...The administration’s suspected failure to properly vet Hanid Ortíz before allowing him to board the Gulfstream jet that left Caracas for Texas on July 18 also has caused a rift within the State Department, which led the negotiations central to last week’s prisoner swap. The U.S. official acknowledged that Hanid Ortíz’s inclusion in the release was “ruffling a lot of feathers” at the department because the dual U.S.-Venezuelan citizen was never on lists of Americans whom the Trump administration sought from Venezuelan authorities. “It seems like no one was checking closely,” said the official."
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It is often difficult to tell the corruption from the incompetence in the Trump administration. Seems like in this case it's incompetence.
Well, at least the killer seems to be sorry for what he did.
