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Feds: Agent illegally smuggled Cuban baseball players

By MATT SEDENSKY, Associated Press Writer
October 31, 2006

MIAMI (AP) -- An agent for baseball players illegally smuggled Cuban players
into the United States, eventually shipping them to California in hopes that
they would be signed by major league teams, federal immigration officials
said Tuesday.

The agent, Gustavo "Gus" Dominguez, is charged with paying four aides to
transport the athletes and other Cubans to the U.S. in two trips from the
island nation. Dominguez, of California-based Total Sports International,
has represented several Cuban baseball defectors, including Andy Morales,
who was signed by the New York Yankees and later the Boston Red Sox after
fleeing Cuba six years ago.

Also charged in the 53-count federal indictment were Geoffrey Rodrigues,
Robert Yosvany Hernandez, Ramon Batista and Guillermo Valdez.


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