Albert Pujols, Wife Honored At United Nations For Work Against Human Trafficking

Albert Pujols had a busy weekend.

Post-Dispatch

Albert Pujols' Campaign Against Human Trafficking Inspires $500,000 Commitment From MLB & MLBPA

Albert Pujols and his wife, Deidre, launched a campaign against human trafficking two years ago. The couple picked up the cost of two concerts at Angel Stadium and a third at Nationals Park in Washington, using the events to foster awareness about what is often called modern-day slavery.

LA Times

Bartolo Hernandez, Julio Estrada Sentenced To Prison For Cuban Smuggling Network

A sports agent and baseball coach convicted of operating a sophisticated and sometimes violent human smuggling ring that brought Cuban ballplayers to the United States were sentenced to prison Thursday.  (Translated)

El Nuevo Dia

Albert Pujols, Wife Host Strike Out Slavery Day

Albert and Deidre Pujols have long established their reputations as two of the baseball community's most charitable citizens. Since 2005, they've run the Pujols Family Foundation, an organization that supports families of children with Down syndrome and impoverished people in the Dominican Republic.

Anaheim Official Site

MLB To Let Cuban Players Sign Directly With Teams

Major League Baseball has submitted a proposal to the Treasury Department that outlines a new pathway for baseball players from Cuba to sign directly with big league teams in the United States. If approved, it could represent a sea change in relations between the two countries and drastically reshape how Cuban players find their way to the major leagues.

New York Times

Bart Hernandez Pleads Not Guilty In Cuban Human Trafficking

The Bart Hernandez agent filed for the process that was initiated on charges of having plotted to bring Cuban baseball players to the United States illegally innocent Mondays.   (Translated)

El Caribe

Bart Hernandez Indicted On Human Trafficking Charges

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Cuban Secret Service Hunting Down Any Leads To Gourriel Brothers

The regime might be planning to give a warning to Cuban players -in progressive leakage in recent years and Gourriel brothers constitute the exemplary candidates in the cross, according to an article of Haiti Observateur .  (Translated)

Diario de Cuba

Carlos Juan Viera Alvarez & Alain Tamayo Espinosa Sent Back To Cuba After Attempted Escape To The Dominican

Court of Permanent Care Republic Dominican imposed three months of detention for a man accused of smuggling of migrants .  (Translated)

Martinoticias