The triple homicide perpetrated by Ortiz took place in 2016 in a law office in Usera, a working-class district in the south of the Spanish capital. None of the three victims were who he was actually going after that day. His target was Víctor Salas, a lawyer who was in a relationship with his ex-wife who he had threatened to kill. That day, however, he murdered two female employees of the office and a client whom he mistook for Salas. Eight years later he was sentenced to 30 years in prison in Venezuela, his home country, for the crime. But a little over a year later, Ortiz has regained his freedom thanks to a prisoner exchange between the United States and Venezuela. A new plot twist in a never-ending story.

His conviction did not come about easily. After committing the murders, Ortiz returned to Germany, where he lived at the time. He created a whole framework with his cell phone, photos, and tickets from commercial establishments to hide his crime, but, despite all his precautions, the Spanish National Police gathered the necessary evidence to prove that the hand that had executed those three people was Ortiz’s.

When cornered, the ex-military officer escaped to Latin America and ended up in his native Venezuela, where he was arrested. After several comings and goings, the trial against him was set in motion in the South American country, although it was delayed four times until the final verdict was reached: guilty.
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In an interview granted to a German media outlet, Ortiz’s ex-wife has assured that “the competent authorities are currently evaluating the inclusion of this person in the police information system, in order to ensure that he cannot enter the Schengen area, and in particular, Germany.” She added: “There is a well-founded suspicion that the man’s lawyer in Venezuela intentionally provided false information by not presenting him as a convicted murderer, but as a political prisoner or even a U.S. spy, with the aim of including him in the prisoner exchange.”

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What Happens Next
According to El País, there are suspicions that Ortiz falsified evidence to present himself not as a murderer, but as a political prisoner or a U.S. spy, in order to be included in the prisoner exchange.

His whereabouts now are unclear, though he is believed to be in Texas.

Born in Barquisimeto, Venezuela, in 1970, Dahud Hanid renounced his Venezuelan nationality to become a U.S. Marine.

He participated in missions in South Korea and Iraq and was awarded the "Purple Heart," one of the highest honors in the Army.

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Ortiz, a former Marine, was convicted and jailed for a triple homicide in which he axed one man in the head, slashed a woman’s throat, and beat another woman to death before lighting the office on fire. Ortiz then fled to Venezuela, where he had dual citizenship and could not be extradited. He was arrested shortly thereafter and last year was sentenced to 30 years in prison. Thanks to Trump, the convicted murderer barely served his sentence.

Before the murders in Spain, records show that Hanid Ortiz was court-martialed and convicted by the U.S. military for fraudulent appointment, on charges that included falsifying Army physical fitness training information, medical information, and interviews and recommendations from superiors, along with larceny. He was also found to have submitted a false New York City address to receive a New York housing allowance for his family, who were living in Germany with him. He appealed but lost.