St. Thomas GOP Chair Gisela Castro Medina Arrested In Florida On Sex Trafficking Charges

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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The newly elected chair of University of St. Thomas’ College Republicans was arrested in Florida on sex trafficking charges, according to FBI Minneapolis.

Jail records show that Gisela Castro Medina faces charges for conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of minors, sex trafficking of a minor, and obstruction. She was arrested on Thursday night and was transferred to federal custody on Friday.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/st-thomas-gop-chair-gisela-castro-medina-arrested-in-florida-on-sex-trafficking-charges

[MagickMuffin]

1. Calling Q White courtesy phone: We found some more red meat for ya!

Now let's see you discuss this.

[malaise]

2. It was always projection

Get this Op tot he greatest page

[viva la]

9. Oh, no, they're not after REAL sex traffickers--

They want to believe that innocent people are drinking baby blood.

They would never accept that one of their orange god's minions would be the actual abuser. Or they'll come up with some insane theory about how this person is actually deep state.

[ProfessorGAC]

3. Apparently, To Her...

...profit & entrepreneurship are goals for which no barriers should exist.
Unsurprisingly, she's a rabid conservative at such a young age.

[lpbk2713]

4. The Family Values Party does it again.

Let the finger pointing begin.
It will be anyone's fault but theirs.

[spooky3]

8. At a Catholic university, no less. Nt

[soldierant]

24. Yes, what a combination.

[musette_sf]

5. and her co-conspirator is deep in GQP politics

Anton “Tony” Lazzaro, 30, was arrested and indicted on Thursday on federal sex trafficking charges for allegedly recruiting six minors to engage in commercial sex acts, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office. He was arrested by the FBI in Minneapolis and will make his first court appearance next week.

An apparent connection between Lazzaro and Castro Medina involves a company called Minnesota Property Management. Lazzaro is the registered agent, and Castro Medina works there, according to her social media pages. The accounts also say she graduated from Delano schools.

The attorney’s office said Lazzaro worked “with others” to recruit and solicit his victims. A since-deleted Instagram post by Castro Medina showed the two of them sitting next to each other at a large dinner in May.

Lazzaro is “deeply involved” in party politics; federal campaign finance records show he has donated tens of thousands of dollars to Republican candidates and causes, including to the Minnesota GOP, U.S. Rep. Tom Emmer, and U.S. Rep. Jim Hagedorn.

https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2021/08/14/st-thomas-gop-chair-gisela-castro-medina-arrested-in-florida-on-sex-trafficking-charges/

[marybourg]

6. When they started accusing Hillary of running a pedophile ring

out of a pizza parlor, we should have known.

[jaxexpat]

20. Yep. It was outrageous. It's like they narrated the story from rumors they'd heard about their own.

Let's face it kids. Hillary is not a "wild thang".

[soldierant]

25. Many of us did know,

as much as you can know without specific dates, places, and names. And now we have those.

[dalton99a]

7. Gisela Medina

[PSPS]

21. Looks like her recruitment outfit.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

10. This is from a couple weeks ago

[Lovie777]

11. What is up with the party that want to monitor, take my women's rights away . . .

and tell me what to do with my body? . . .

The republican party is really into a whole lot of illegal sex, from children and thereon.

[skip fox]

12. What is going on with Florida Republicans?

Is there a connection. Maybe one loose as "I'm hearing other guys are doing it." Or rumors at a Republican state convention. Or having a Republican buddy say how easy it is, and how easy to do it safely.

Or maybe more elaborate connections just this side of conspiracy. (I.e., "Here's a girl's name who wants to set someone up." )

Or maybe conspiracy itself.

And it seems like their houses of cards are falling at the same time. Why? Did some corrupt Florida Republican D.A. retire? Is one set of pedophiles giving testimony for reduced sentences?

Just what is going on with Florida Republicans?

[cinematicdiversions]

14. She is from Minnesota... I suspect she travelled to Florida to join the mothership. NT

[rpannier]

30. She's an associate of Anton Lazzaro

Minnesota Republican Party is knee-deep in a child sex ring scandal that includes formar state chairwoman Jennifer Carnahan

[Ligyron]

15. Believe me, inquiring minds want to know.

[bucolic_frolic]

16. Multi-Level Pyramid Marketing

The Scamway to fill your second, third, fourth, fifth, down to 9th level downlines with booty

[70sEraVet]

13. Do you think that there was ANY sex trafficking of minors going on in FL

that Matt Gates DIDN'T know about? How long before his name comes up in THAT investigation, do you think?

[ffr]

22. Matt Gates. When is he going to be arrested? Or is that too high up the food chain

for law enforcement to arrest?

[Irish_Dem]

28. Yes why hasn't he been arrested?

Yep, guess he gets a pass like all the other GOP criminals.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

29. I'm so damn sick of the double standard.

[Irish_Dem]

31. It is infuriating. Obvious crimes, in plain sight, and nothing happens.

Whereas George Floyd gets murdered for possibly passing a fake $20 bill.
Which he may not have even known was fake, or he may not have passed it at all.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

33. Yep. Yep, yep annnd... yep.

[orwell]

17. Is there a Con that's NOT guilty of sex crimes...

...it might save us all a lot of time.

[SheltieLover]

18. More "family values?"

[liberalla]

27. Only the best!

[Celerity]

19. her co-defendant tossed Gaetz under the bus, lolol

https://heavy.com/news/gisela-castro-medina/

Lazzaro worked as campaign manager for Republican congressional candidate Lacy Johnson, who failed in a bid against Rep. Ilhan Omar in 2020, and has made guest appearances on Fox News. According to The Daily Beast, Lazzaro “flaunted his wealthy lifestyle on social media.” On his Twitter profile, @GOPTony, Lazzaro, who has been pictured alongside many top Republicans and conservative commentators, says he is the founder of the Big Tent Republicans PAC.

When The Daily Beast first reported on the investigation into Lazzaro in July 2021, he told the site, “There’s nothing to this case. It’s not some Matt Gaetz or whatever you think this is.”

Gisela Medina and Tony Lazzaro pictured together in an Instagram photo.

[paleotn]

26. What a maroon.

Campaign manager? Oh, that's right. He managed a Republican campaign in a congressional district where Republicans are routinely destroyed 2 to 1 or worse....and got destroyed. Guess he needed a side grift since he's relegated to the Republican 6th string, running garbage campaigns in absolutely impossible districts. Loser.

[paleotn]

23. The only good thing from the political sorting that culminated with Donald Trump is...

all of society's garbage is in one nice, neat box. The Republican Party. This is exhibit 2,457.

[GoCubsGo]

32. There seems to be a lot of that going around lately.

How many sex-trafficking GOP big wigs is this now? Better check the basements of Republican-owned pizza parlors.

And, why is Matt Gaetz still walking free?

[Champp]

34. Republican children have a plethora of problematic role models

There is a danger that they will grow up and think that lying, cheating, buying and selling sex, hating people, and undermining democracy is the way to ADULT.

So glad the children I know repudiate all that the amoral and immoral Republicans stand for.