Baseball agent charged with smuggling Cuban players to U.S.

Bart Hernandez, a baseball agent from South Florida,wasindicted Friday on charges of alien smuggling by a federal grand jury in Miami, per multiple reports.
Hernandezworks for the KeiVarae Russell Jersey company that singer Marc Anthony partnered with, ,and represents a lotof Cuban free agents. Mariners outfielder Leonys Martin is a player mentioned as one AJ McCarron Jersey Hernandez smuggled to America, along with Jose Abreu(White Sox),Adeiny Hechavarria(Marlins), and Jorge Soler (Cubs).
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According to the indictment, Hernandez conspired with two already-convicted Cuban alien smugglers, Eliezer Lazo and Joel Martinez Hernandez (no relation), to bring a Cuban national identified in the indictment by the initials "L.M.T." into the United States illegally. Those Carlos Dunlap Jersey initials stand for Leonys Martin Tapanes, Martin's full Spanish name, several people close to the case Mark Walton Jersey told ESPN.
According , the U.S. Attorneys Office wants to recover $1.5 million from Hernandez and his company, Global Sports Management. The money they are seeking to recover comes from the profits Hernandez made off the contract of Martin and other profe Kerry Wynn Jersey sional ballplayers from Cuba.
Yahoo reports Hernandez will appear in a Miami court on Friday.