Obama to Return Major Donations Tied to Fugitive

[mfcorey1]

Two American brothers of a Mexican casino magnate who fled drug and fraud charges in the United States and has been seeking a pardon enabling him to return have emerged as major fund-raisers and donors for President Obama’s re-election campaign.
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The Gazette

The casino owner, Juan Jose Rojas Cardona, known as Pepe, jumped bail in Iowa in 1994 and disappeared, and has since been linked to violence and corruption in Mexico. A State Department cable in 2009 said he was suspected of orchestrating the assassination of a business rival and making illegal campaign donations to Mexican officials.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/07/us/politics/major-obama-donors-are-tied-to-pepe-cardona-mexican-fugitive.html?_r=1&hp

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. I gotta laugh

Cardona's suspected ties to organized anything have been above fold articles, as in column one, in Mexico.

I mean, I read the name and I feel like doing this.



You can't make up this shit.

[T S Justly]

2. Wonder what favors had already been granted before the payments for future services were discovered

If, in fact the payments were bribes. Hell, maybe they really, really, really like O's awesome abs. But, 200k worth!?
That kind of money usually gets the giver an ambassadorship. Lol. And wtf.

[mfcorey1]

4. ?????????? Are you on the wrong board?

[TheWraith]

6. Yes, they are.

Pity they don't seem to care.

[xfundy]

3. The repugs would take it.

Pepe is their kinda people. Corruption, destroying rivals, illegal campaign tactics.

[JHB]

5. Who says they haven't?

Especially from people who are better at laundering their donations.