Former MLB player Octavio Dotel, who is suspected of being involved in a drug trafficking gang allegedly run Cesar Emilio Peralta, is escorted to court in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic August 29, 2019. REUTERS/Ricardo Rojas
SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) - A Dominican court released former Major League Baseball pitcher Octavio Dotel on bail on Thursday after he spent nine days in detention over allegations of money laundering.
Dotel was arrested on Aug. 20 as part of a series of raids targeting what prosecutors have called the Dominican Republic's largest drug trafficking group.
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