Members of the National Army guard as National Directorate of Drug Control (DNC) and Public Ministry raid one of the properties of Cesar Emilio Peralta accused of running a wide network of drug trafficking in the Dominican Republic and the U.S., in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic August 20, 2019. REUTERS/Ricardo Rojas
SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) - The Dominican Republic's top prosecutor said on Tuesday that the Caribbean nation's largest drug trafficking gang has been dismantled, a group that allegedly used two former professional baseball players to launder assets.
Former Major League Baseball pitcher Octavio Dotel was arrested earlier on Tuesday, while Luis Castillo, also a former player, was named by authorities as being part of the gang.
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