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UTUSN

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Fri Sep 25, 2015, 10:37 PM Sep 2015

RUBIO has one fun (ex-) brother-in-law and another one. Something old. What's new.

If anybody wants to ask, what's the point, just traipse on by (and allow me to traipse on by).



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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Ponce

Ponce married his high school sweetheart, photographer Veronica Rubio (who is the sister of current U.S. Senator Marco Rubio).[6] They resided in Miami, Florida with their four children, Giancarlo (born 1999), Sebastián (born 2001), and twins Savannah and Sienna (born 2002). In 2010, the couple divorced.[7] Since 2010, his girlfriend is the Colombian actress Ximena Duque.[8]

Ponce was cast as Salvadore, a sexy yoga instructor, in the 2009 comedy Couples Retreat.



http://www.businessinsider.com/florida-senator-marco-rubios-brother-in-law-is-a-convicted-drug-trafficker-2011-7

[font size=5]Florida Senator Marco Rubio's Brother-In-Law Is A Convicted Drug Trafficker Jul. 13, 2011[/font]
...his sister and her husband were caught up in a South Florida drug trafficking raid in the 1980s.

An investigation by Univision found that Rubio's brother-in-law, Orlando Cicilia, was arrested during a major antinarcotics operation in 1987. Rubio was a 16-year old high school student at the time.

According to public records, Cicilia was arrested after federal law enforcement seized the Miami home where he lived with Barbara Rubio, Senator Rubio's sister. Barbara Rubio was not arrested or indicted. Cicilia was sentenced to 25 years in prison for conspiracy to distribute cocaine and marijuana.

The arrest was part of "Operation Cobra," a federal crackdown on a Florida drug smuggling ring that killed a federal informer and chopped up his body, according to a NYT story published at the time. The story reports that the ring, led by Cuban American Mario Tabraue, paid $150,000 in bribes to the Key West police chief and Miami-Dade county officials, and used Miami police officers to collect, count, and disburse drug profits.

Cicilia was released in 2000 for good behavior. Univision reports that he currently lives in Senator Rubio's mother's home in southwest Miami and is listed as a co-owner of the house.

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RUBIO has one fun (ex-) brother-in-law and another one. Something old. What's new. (Original Post) UTUSN Sep 2015 OP
Meh. Nobody picks their family jberryhill Sep 2015 #1
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