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Wed Dec 28, 2022, 02:01 PM Dec 2022

10 convicted in attack on ex-Red Sox slugger David Ortiz in Dominican Republic

Source: NBC News

10 convicted in attack on ex-Red Sox slugger David Ortiz in Dominican Republic

The men accused of participating in the 2019 shooting that wounded the ex-Red Sox player were sentenced to five to 30 years in prison.

Dec. 27, 2022, 6:38 PM EST
By Nicole Acevedo

Ten of the 13 people Dominican authorities accused of attempting to murder former major-league baseball player David Ortiz have been convicted.

Ortiz was shot in the back at a bar in his native Dominican Republic in June 2019.

Judges in a Dominican court handed down sentences from five to 30 years Monday against several men accused of participating in the attack.

The men were found guilty of attempted murder to conspiring and using illegal firearms, as well as associating with criminals, the Dominican Republic’s Office of Attorney General said in a statement Tuesday afternoon.

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Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/10-convicted-attack-ex-red-sox-slugger-david-ortiz-dominican-republic-rcna63393

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10 convicted in attack on ex-Red Sox slugger David Ortiz in Dominican Republic (Original Post) Eugene Dec 2022 OP
Great news...... this is my neck of the woods and we were waiting for justice..... woo hoo! secondwind Dec 2022 #1
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