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Ex-MLB Players Octavio Dotel, Luis Castillo Cleared Of Drug Ring Allegations

The former major leaguers headlined a list of suspects named in a huge drug trafficking bust by Dominican authorities. But a judge says there's not enough evidence. Dotel still faces a weapons charge.

Just over a week after Luis Castillo and Octavio Dotel headlined a list of suspects named in the Dominican Republic's , a local judge has cleared the retired MLB players of money laundering

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