He ATTORNEY VICTOR JOEL SALASto whom an ex -American of Venezuelan origin tried to kill in 2016, in an attack in Spain that survived, but that segated the lives of three other people, He warned that his life is in danger after The aggressor was released in an exchange between Venezuela and the United States.
Dahud Hanid Ortiz, sentenced to 30 years in jail for killing three people, is free in the US after being released in a exchange of prisoners between this country and Venezuela.
The former American formerly was part of the 10 Americans that Caracas released in mid -July as part of a negotiation that included the return to the country of 252 migrants arrested in El Salvador since March.
Exmarine accused of triple homicide in Madrid
On June 22, 2016, the exmarine traveled from Germany, where he lived, to Madrid taken by jealousy and entered the law firm of Víctor Joel Salas to kill him, believing that he had a relationship with his wife, but the lawyer was saved because he was not at that time in the law firm.
He Exmarine did kill the three people that he found in the office –two Cuban nationality workers and an Ecuadorian client-and fled, until he was arrested in 2018 in Venezuela, his country of origin, where he was sentenced in 2024 to 30 years in prison, the maximum provided for in local legislation.
Salas: “This is contrary to international law”
After denouncing the situation publicly, in his name and in the families of the three killed in his office, Salas has sent a letter to the American embassy in Madrid in which he clarifies that Hanid is not a political prison Leaving it free is “contrary to international law” and a risk to the security of the United States.
He explains that “it is imperative that through the United States Embassy in Spain, American offices will be contacted in order to urgently clarify the conditions of their release.”
And also to be informed about “what was the duly motivated resolution authorized by the release of a convicted murderer in American soil.”
“Any delay in response to This situation could endanger my life and my securityas well as that of people in my close environment and victims survivors of this horrible crime, “he adds.
Salas highlights that “before and after the murders, Dahud Hanid Ortiz issued direct death threats” against him and against other victims. “These threats were not vague or sporadic, but serious, repeated and specific,” he says.
Neither Victor Joel Salas nor the families of the deceased have had direct news, by any institution, that this release was going to occur, nor the arguments of this, nor subsequent explanations about the reasons for their liberation.
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