Post by Scumhunter on Jun 22, 2019 0:00:57 GMT -5
(Above photo credit: kvue.com)
From CNN:
CNN) — The mastermind behind the attack that saw former baseball star David Ortiz seriously wounded orchestrated the shooting from the United States, where he is wanted by US authorities, the attorney general of the Dominican Republic said Wednesday.
Victor Hugo Gomez, who spent time in a Dominican prison on drug offenses, has ties to the long-established Mexican gang known as the Gulf Cartel, Attorney General Jean Alain Rodríguez Sánchez said.
The attorney general said Gomez arranged the hit, intended for Ortiz's friend Sixto David Fernandez, from the United States. He is wanted by the Drug Enforcement Administration, Rodríguez said.
Gomez was being investigated as part of US Attorney's Office's Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force investigation called "Operation Wrecking Ball" as recently as March, Maj. Gen. Ney Aldrin Bautista Almonte, director of the Dominican Republic National Police, said.
A US indictment that was unsealed in March lists a Victor Hugo Gomez as a defendant, wanted on two counts of drug possession, one count of conspiracy to distribute cocaine and heroin and one count of conspiracy to conduct financial transactions with money earned unlawfully.
The US Justice Department says the Gulf Cartel operates in northeast Mexico, smuggling cocaine, heroin, marijuana and methamphetamine into the United States across the Texas border.
Ortiz was on a crowded bar patio in Santo Domingo the night of June 9 when a gunman walked in, pulled out a Browning Hi-Power 9mm pistol and shot him once in the lower back.
The bullet passed through Ortiz, perforating his intestines and internal organs and hit his friend, TV talk show host Jhoel Lopez, in the leg. Ortiz is hospitalized in Boston, and his condition was upgraded to good Tuesday.
www-m.cnn.com/2019/06/19/americas/who-is-victor-hugo-gomez-dominican-republic/index.html?r=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F
Thoughts? I am placing Gomez in the Fugitives on TV section since although the requirement is usually for a fugitive to be featured on a crime show or crime show's website/social media, the manhunt for him has become national news because the bullet allegedly intended for Ortiz's friend hit Ortiz instead. (Not that it would have been ok had it hit Sixto Fernandez instead but fair or unfair we would not know who Gomez is had a future hall-of-fame baseball player not been shot as a result of his alleged plot).
Also please note there are other fugitives in this case as of this posting date (6/22/2019) but I making this thread on only Gomez since he is the alleged mastermind. Also, Gomez is obviously still at large as of the aforementioned posting date as well since it will make headlines when he is hopefully finally captured..
I'm making this thread since although no articles are asking for the public's help and putting in phone numbers or emails/websites to help with tips it's a crime in the news case and I didn't want to ignore it. Gomez is wanted by authorities in both the U.S. and Dominican Republic so my best guess/advice for someone who knows his whereabouts is to call their local police or Crime Stoppers. If Gomez is still in the U.S., where is he rumored to be hiding, I assume you can also contact the DEA since he is wanted by them as well.
UPDATE: Articles officially seeking Gomez and asking for tips are out now so I'm updating the admin notes.
Admin Note #1: According to online articles, anyone with information on this case is asked to contact the U.S. Marshals Office. Tips can be submitted to them at the following link: www.usmarshals.gov/tips/
Admin Note #2: If you have any (news-related) updates on this case, please contact us here: amwfans.com/thread/1662/website-contact-form