Alberto Miguel Rodriguez Mota has been identified as the man behind the hit on former Boston Red Sox star David Ortiz, who was shot in the back outside of a bar in the Dominican Republic.
So, Mota is the man who is allegedly the mastermind of paying the little under $8,000 bounty and is currently a fugitive from justice, according to the Associated Press.
“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 Pérez Vizcaíno, 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 Pérez 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.
Pérez 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.
The documents also state that Pérez sold a gold-colored iPhone 6 used to plan the attack to a woman for $180 so he could get rid of the evidence a day after the shooting. Authorities claimed the phone was giving him problems and that’s why he sold it.
“He did this upon finding out that police were looking for him,” the document states.”
A total of ten men have been arrested in connection to the botched assassination attempt.
Photos of Mota have begun to surface on social media:
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Ortiz led the Red Sox to three World Series championships, and was also a 10-time All-Star and hit 541 home runs during his illustrious career.
He still remains in a Boston area hospital as he continues to recover from having his gallbladder and part of his intestines removed.
