Dahud Hanid Ortiz, a former U.S. Marine convicted of a triple homicide in Spain, was among 10 Americans repatriated in exchange for 250 Venezuelans held in El Salvador.

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.

Dahud Hanid Ortiz was serving 30 years in a Venezuelan prison for a triple homicide he committed in Spain in 2016. But the State Department applauds that there are no more Americans ‘wrongfully detain

A group of 10 Americans freed in a hostage exchange with Venezuela included a U.S. Navy sailor and a water sports fan, reports say. When contacted for comment, the U.S. State Department told Newsweek on Saturday that for privacy reasons, the individuals would not be identified nor their cases disclosed.

Wilbert Castañeda suffered traumatic brain injuries in the Navy, which “led him to make a bad decision” to go to Venezuela, his brother said.

As inflation surges under President Trump’s renewed sanctions, Venezuelan authorities are trying to keep a lid on the country’s worsening financial situation.

Forty-eight Venezuelans detained by their own government have so far been released under the terms of a prisoner exchange agreed with the United States, legal rights advocacy group Foro Penal said on Monday.

Venezuela Attorney General Tarek Saab said on Monday that his office will investigate El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele and two other officials for the alleged abuse of Venezuelans who were detained in the Central American country.