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Ferreyra Cruz is also believed to be the same man wanted in a pair of armed street robberies on Dec. 22, 2017, in Clifton, New Jersey, a detective lieutenant, Robert Bracken, with the city's police department told The Star-Ledger newspaper of Newark, New Jersey.

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PHOTO: Photos provided by the Dominican Republic National Police, June 12, 2019 show the suspects detained in connection with the shooting of former Red Sox star David Ortiz in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
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Other suspects under arrest in the Dominican Republic were identified by police as Eddy Vladimir Feliz Garcia, Reynaldo Rodriguez Valenzuela, Joel Rodriguez Cruz, Oliver Moises Mirabal Acosta and Polfirio Alende Deschamps Vasquez.

Surveillance video that captured Ortiz's shooting showed a gunman police identified as Ferreyra Cruz walking up behind Ortiz, who was sitting at the bar, and opening fire before running away. In the footage, Ortiz appears to grab his stomach before collapsing.

A hearing for some of those arrested had been scheduled for Thursday, but being dramatically dragged into court, the hearing was postponed. Prosecutors have asked for the men to be held for up to one year as the investigation continues.

Ortiz was rushed to a hospital in Santo Domingo and underwent an operation in which doctors removed parts of his liver and small and large intestines, officials said.

The Red Sox team chartered an air ambulance jet to fly Ortiz to Boston, where he underwent a second surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital late Sunday night.

\"David remains in guarded condition in the surgical intensive care unit following his second surgery. He continues to heal and make progress,\" Ortiz's wife, Tiffany Ortiz, said in a statement released by the Red Sox on Thursday morning. \"David will continue to recover in the ICU and future updates on his condition will be provided when necessary.\"

Tiffany Ortiz also thanked the doctors and medical staff at the Abel Gonzalez Clinic in Santo Domingo for saving her husband's life.

\"Without you, our story could have had a tragic ending,\" she wrote. \"You will forever be our guardian angels.\"

ABC News’ Soo Youn and Brian Hartman contributed to this report.

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