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Dodgers $69 million star Edwin Diaz linked to illegal cockfighting ring in Puerto Rico

California Post·Ryan Kostecka·17 days ago
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Dodgers pitcher Edwin Díaz has been linked to an illegal cockfighting ring in Puerto Rico, according to a report from USA Today. The outlet detailed multiple social media advertisements from a cockfighting club in Díaz’s native Puerto Rico that featured Diaz’s image, including several wearing a Dodgers jersey, in a report Thursday. Dodgers star Edwin Diaz, who signed to a $69 million deal this past offseason with Los Angeles, is apparently tied to an illegal cockfighting in Puerto Rico. Carlin Stiehl for CA Post The story also cited a March 10 news article from the island’s largest newspaper, El Nuevo Día, that “includes a photo showing Diaz standing in the pit of a cockfighting arena,” evidently during an off-day amid this spring’s World Baseball Classic. While cockfighting is a centuries-old tradition in Puerto Rico, it was banned there when the United States federal government outlawed the practice in all of its territories in 2019.…

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