NEW: Ex-MLB players arrested in connection with Caribbean drug ring.
Former World Series champions Octavio Dotel and Luis Castillo were arrested Tuesday for alleged ties with"one of the most important drug trafficking structures in the Caribbean region," according to the Dominican Republic's attorney general.
Members of the ring allegedly used the Dominican Republic as a bridge for the transit and illicit entry of drugs to the United States from South America. Peralta, also known as César El Abusador, allegedly created a mafia-like organization.
Authorities also arrested a handful of allegedly high-ranking members of the ring, Baltazar Mesa, José Jesús Tapia Pérez, and Sergio Gómez Díaz. The attorney general's office said that these men are facing possible extradition to the United States. Castillo enjoyed a 15-year MLB career, playing for the then-Florida Marlins, New York Mets and Minnesota Twins. His 2003 Marlins team won the World Series.in 2009. His error, in the bottom of the ninth with two outs, cost the Mets a win and gave the Yankees a most improbable victory.
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