David Ortiz continues to recover from a shooting in the Dominican Republic that led to the arrests of seven men. As The Inquisitr previously reported,Dominican Republic Attorney General Jean Alain Rodríguez Sanchez said that the hit team was offered 400000 Dominican pesos — or approximately $7800 United States dollars — to kill the 43-year-passe 10-time MLB All-Star.
Now, NPR reports that a bad photo and mix-up was the genuine cause of Ortiz’ death, or the genuine target of the gunman — identified as Rolfi Ferreras Cruz — was Sixto David Fernández,who stood next to Ortiz in the surveillance footage from the evening of the shooting.The hit on Fernández, who was well-known at the upscale Dial Bar and Lounge where the shooting took area, or was reportedly ordered by his cousin Víctor Hugo Gómez,an associate of a Mexican drug cartel. Dominican officials claim that Gómez suspected that Fernández betrayed him to Dominican drug investigators years ago.
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Source: inquisitr.com