In the Miami New Times article, it was revealed that one of Alex Rodriguez‘s code names was “Cacique”.
So what does Cacique mean?
Well, according to Dictionary.com:
ca·cique
[kuh-seek] Show IPA
noun
1.
a chief of an Indian clan or tribe in Mexico and the West Indies.2.
(in Spain and Latin America) a political boss on a local level.3.
(in the Philippines) a prominent landowner.
4.
any of several black and red or black and yellow orioles of the American tropics that construct long, pendent nests.
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So now you know!
Cacique in DR was how the indian tribe bosses were called..