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Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco attends his trial on charges of sexual abuse of a minor in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Ricardo Hernandez)

Rays’ Franco found guilty in sexual abuse case, gets two-year suspended sentence

By Martin Adames - Associated Press

Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco rubs his eyes during his court trial on charges of sexual abuse of a minor in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Ricardo Hernandez)

Dominican prosecutors in Franco trial seek five-year prison sentence

By Martin Adames - Associated Press

Demonstrators rally during a protest in response to a series of United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids, in Los Angeles, on Monday, June 9, 2025. (Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

Mexican national soccer team changes hotels in Los Angeles because of safety concerns

By Carlos Rodríguez - Associated Press

FILE - Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco attends his trial on charges of sexually abusing a minor, sexual and commercial exploitation against a minor and human trafficking, in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Ricardo Hernandez, File)

Wander Franco trial: Rays star faces sexual abuse, human trafficking charges in Dominican Republic

By Martín Adames - Associated Press

People gather outside the Jet Set nightclub after its roof collapsed during a merengue concert in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Ricardo Hernandez)

Nightclub roof collapse kills 2 former MLB players, 113 in all

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Detroit Tigers relief pitcher Octavio Dotel throws during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox in Detroit, Sunday, July 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Former major league reliever Dotel dies in Dominican Republic roof collapse

Associated Press

A member of civil defense canine unit searches for Sudiksha Konanki, a university student from the U.S. who disappeared on a beach in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, Monday, March. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Francesco Spotorno)

What to know about U.S. student Sudiksha Konanki, who vanished in Dominican Republic on spring break

Associated Press

People walk out of the National Police Palace where Col. Frank Felix Duran Mejia, spokesperson for the Dominican National Police, lead a press conference regarding the investigation into the shooting of former Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Sunday, June 30, 2019. Ortiz was shot at a bar in the Dominican Republic on June 9. (AP Photo/Tatiana Fernandez) **FILE**

Search for missing Virginia college student in Dominican Republic stretches into 4th day

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

A teenage baseball player warms up at the start of a daily training session at the Trinitarios ballpark in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Ricardo Hernandez)

For Dominican baseball hopefuls, age fraud cases and a curveball from Japan reflect a broken system

By Dánica Coto and Martín Adames Alcántara - Associated Press

Haitians deported from the Dominican Republic get out of trucks in Carrizal, Dominican Republic, on the border with Haiti, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Adames)

Haitian migrants share harrowing stories of abuse as Dominican Republic ramps up deportations

By Dánica Coto - Associated Press

Federal agents found more than 50 firearms, ammunition, money counters and approximately $16,000 at the Orlando-area residence of Ricardo Fermin Sune-Giron, an illegal immigrant from Guatemala, while executing a search warrant in April 2024. (U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Florida)

Guatemalan illegal immigrant in Florida ran guns that were used in crimes in Dominican Republic

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Anti-drug police officers present packages of drugs seized, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Friday, Dec. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Adames)

Dominican Republic seizes 9.5 tons of cocaine, marking a new record

Associated Press

A Spirit Airlines 319 Airbus taxis at Manchester Boston Regional Airport, Friday, June 2, 2023, in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Flights between U.S., Haiti suspended amid gunfire striking passenger jets

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Flight attendants with bags and pilots crossing the road in the airport. File photo credit: Friends Stock via Shutterstock.

Flight attendants plead guilty to smuggling drug money to Dominican Republic

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco, center, is escorted by police to court in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, Jan. 5, 2024. Dominican prosecutors formally accused Franco on Tuesday, July 9, 2024, of sexual abuse against a 14-year-old girl. (AP Photo/Ricardo Hernandez, File)

Rays’ Franco used his mother to pay the mother of a minor he is accused of abusing, documents say

By Martin Adames - Associated Press