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DR Officials Identify Man Believed to Have Paid Ortiz Hitmen

Associated Press

   SANTO DOMINGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Dominican authorities on Monday
   identified the man they believe paid hit men to try and kill David
   Ortiz, adding that they were closing in on the mastermind and motive
   behind the shooting of the famous slugger who is recovering at a
   hospital in Boston.

   The man was identified as Alberto Miguel RodrĂguez Mota, whom
   authorities say is a fugitive. The announcement was made as a judge
   held a hearing closed to the public for another suspect nicknamed
   "Bone." Officials did not release details, but according to court
   documents obtained by The Associated Press, the man, whose real name is
   Gabriel Alexánder PĂ©rez VizcaĂno, is accused of being the liaison
   between the alleged hit men and the person who paid them.

   The documents state that a man who is in prison for an unrelated case
   reached out to PĂ©rez for the alleged job a week before the June 9
   shooting at a bar in Santo Domingo and sent him a picture of the target
   so he could share it with the hit men.

   PĂ©rez allegedly shared the picture with the other suspects as they
   gathered at a nearby gas station just minutes before the shooting.
   Officials have not said whether the picture was of Ortiz.
   

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