Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
April 06, 2007
His Testimony

Yuniesky Betancourt is expected to miss Seattle's game today to testify in the trial of Gustavo Dominguez. Dominquez is accused of smuggling ballplayers directly from Cuba to the United States, and Betancourt was among those allegedly brought in. Dominguez didn't do so well, however:

In what must seem a bitter twist of fate to Dominguez, Medina-Santos testified on Thursday that the agent lost hundreds of thousands on the targeted trips. After Betancourt made it U.S. shores, he got another agent, signed a multi-million dollar contract and never paid Dominguez, according to testimony.

"This baseball business was a failure,'' Medina-Santos testified on Thursday.

Dominguez seems like small potatoes in the human smuggling game. At least he should get some sympathy for helping people escape from Cuba.


Posted by David Pinto at 10:30 AM | Crime | TrackBack (0)
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