Dominican authorities say they’ll announce this week who wanted “Big Papi” dead — and why.

In a new statement about the botched shooting of revered former Red Sox slugger David Ortiz, the Dominican Republic’s Attorney General’s office promised release a “full narrative of how the case happened,” ABC News reported.

Meanwhile, the nine suspects so far indicted in the case will remain behind bars for at least a year before their case even goes to trial, The Boston Globe reported.

And Dominican prosecutors say they will seek the maximum 40-year sentence for the alleged triggerman, Rolfi Ferreira Cruz.

The suspects were led into a Dominican courtroom Friday wearing vests and helmets to protect them from an angry mob upset about the attack on the local sports hero, the Globe reported.

A judge cited the case’s complexity for the unusual decision to order a lengthy jail term before trial.

Ortiz remains in stable condition at a Boston hospital a week after he was shot point blank in the back at a bar in Santo Domingo.

Authorities believe it was a coordinated assassination bid. Cops are still looking for other suspects.

A defense lawyer for one of the suspects slammed the judge’s decision to remand his client, the Globe reported.

“I feel defrauded by my own country’s justice system,” said Bella Brea, who represents Carlos Rafael Alvarez.

“Every day it becomes clearer that anybody can be sent to prison without there being any kind of evidence against them.”

The father of the suspected gunman expressed doubt his son was responsible for the attack.

“These are the little guys, if they did it,” said Felicito Rodriguez Disla, the father of alleged gunman Rolfi Ferreras Cruz, said.

“There has to be a strong person behind this, and that’s the person they need to find.”