The Trump administration has long insisted that America should not be a haven for criminals. Last week, it brought one home.

Dahud Hanid Ortiz — a Venezuelan-born American citizen and former U.S. Marine convicted of a brutal triple murder in Spain — was among 10 Americans repatriated from Venezuela in a high-profile prisoner exchange between the White House and the South American government .

Ortiz was sentenced to 30 years in prison for a 2016 triple homicide in Madrid, according to Venezuelan and Spanish court records . Spain requested his extradition, but Venezuela's Constitution bans extraditing its citizens. Instead, he was tried in Venezuela, which permits prosecuting crimes committed abroad.

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Venezuela on Friday released 10 jailed U.S. citizens and permanent re

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