Which is more disturbing: a hit on Ortiz or the $8,700 price?

I'm more concerned with the attempted murder. As is often the case, there's always a person who wants fast cash and places no value on the life of another.
The amount seems small, but, in The Dominican Republic it probably has a much greater buying power than in the U.S.

Who would have realized to what extent it was so bad there - I was told before how beautiful the resorts are and so forth - now granted Papi lived there and his dad and sister still do (why he was there) - he probably isn't hanging at the expensive resorts but with his family.

He said he didn't have a body guard to protect him - he relied on his fans. I doubt he will do that any more. Now granted he has many fans there and they beat the heck out of the one guy.

But yeah to risk killing another person, having you sent to jail for the rest of your life for a $1k? Even if they are very poor and money goes further - after dividing it among the 8+ people involved it comes to about $1 a person. So even if this 1k is 10x the buying power - that is like 10k - is that worth potentially giving up your life in jail and killing someone? Knowing killing this person who is so loved in your country.

I wouldn't think this is unique to the D.Rep.

Live is dirt cheap these days everywhere it seems, especially among the gangland culture.

Sure some junkies would kill for the price of their next fix.

Then there's the alcohol fueled rows, it used to be fisticuffs now it's stabbing or worse.

Wow. I had no idea that was the price tag. I'm shocked that something like that could happen to someone like David Ortiz in his own country, but for only a few thousand dollars? That's crazy.

So the shooting suspect was killed.

"A fugitive who had been accused of helping to plan the June 2019 shooting of former Red Sox slugger David Ortiz in Santo Domingo was killed Sunday in the Dominican Republic, according to published reports.

Listin Diario, a Dominican newspaper, reported that the fugitive, Luis Alfredo Rivas Clase, also known as “The Surgeon,” was gunned down Sunday afternoon in the city of Santiago."

https://www.boston.com/sports/boston-red-sox/2021/09/30/david-ortiz-shooting-suspect-killed-in-dominican-republic-newspaper-reports/