Cuban baseball player who snuck into the US says he covered his tracks by eating part of fake passport and washing it down with beer during flight

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March 2, 2017 5:47 PM

First baseman Jose Abreu came to the United States from Cuba in 2013 and signed a $68 million contract, the largest ever for an international free agent, after a fierce bidding war with several other teams.

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More than three years later, Abreu is testifying during a federal alien smuggling trial about how he was able to travel from Cuba to the United States.

Abreu's testimony included a bizarre story about how he ate a page out of a fake passport.

Abreu is testifying in a case against

According to the Associated Press, Abreu testified that first received the fake passport from when he arrived in Haiti on a boat from Cuba. Abreu would later take a flight from Haiti to Miami.

According to Abreu,

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