Former MLB pitcher Octavio Dotel and infielder Luis Castillo have been cleared of charges of money laundering one week after they were arrested in an investigation of drug trafficking in the Dominican Republic on Aug. 20.
The public prosecutor announced Friday that the arrest warrant against Castillo had been suspended after an interview during which Castillo presented documentation to demonstrate he's not linked to the criminal organization.
"After evaluating the new documents and information offered by Castillo during the interview, we found no evidence to link him to activities related to money laundering," the Dominican Republic's attorney general Jean Alain Rodríguez explained in a statement.