Police Arrest Teen Accused of Helping GOP Strategist's Underage Sex Trafficking

[UpInArms]

Source: The Daily Beast

Law enforcement in Florida has arrested Gisela Castro Medina, a 19-year-old accused of helping a wealthy, young Republican strategist in Minnesota prey on girls and recruit them for paid sex.

She faces the same criminal charges as her alleged pal, GOP operative Anton Lazzaro: sex trafficking of a minor, attempt to commit sex trafficking, and obstruction of justice.

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A photo posted to Instagram shows Castro Medina and Lazzaro together at an event in May, each with a different partner at their side. She describes herself publicly online as a student living in St. Paul, Minnesota who attends the Catholic University of St. Thomas and works at a property management company. She is the chair of the university’s chapter of Minnesota College Republicans, the group confirmed. A person who knows her personally confirmed to The Daily Beast that Castro Medina was traveling in Florida this week.

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Court records now show that agents seized his 2010 convertible Ferrari, $371,240 in U.S. bills, assorted cash from 10 other countries, gold bullion currently worth more than $931,000, a similar amount of silver, and 13 phones—including one specifically designed to be quickly wiped of data with a single swipe.

In the days since his arrest, Republicans in Minnesota have been distancing themselves from Lazzaro. When The Daily Beast interviewed him in July, weeks before his arrest, he threatened this reporter for investigating his actions.

Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/police-arrest-teen-accused-of-helping-gop-strategists-underage-sex-trafficking

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Who are the pedophiles? The GQP!

[IronLionZion]

1. Qanon keeps missing a lot of underage sex traffickers

Q might be looking in the wrong places

[Champp]

2. The RepubliQons always blame others for the evil shit they do

They never take responsibility for anything. They project, blame, and whine. TFG was the ultimate Republican role model for these foul behaviors.

[BComplex]

29. Absolutely true that!

Projection at every turn. Election fraud, pedophelia, drugs, dirty dealing, groping women...and for the republican men, it's also groping men and boys, all the while they "hate" homosexuals.

If you want to know what a republican is guilty of, just listen to what he accuses democrats of doing. 100% of the time.

[Major Nikon]

4. The GOP is the party of "family values"

They couldn't say it if it weren't true.

[Iggo]

19. They're looking out the window while it's happening in the house.

[Traildogbob]

22. Seems there is no need

To look further than Florida. Imaging what info was destroyed when Barr and GQP executed Ebstien. Q”s investigative team must be the same crew working for the Pillow guy.

[bucolic_frolic]

3. Stories along this angle just keep surfacing

So some of them worship the ghost of 1880s brothel owners? Is that where their youthful libertarianism is headed?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

5. The GOP projects a lot

Everything they've accuse the Democrats of doing it turns out they're doing.

[thecrow]

30. Do you think that

they are eating babies on the side?

[bucolic_frolic]

6. My goodness, what a haul!

From the link, a Ferrari, $371K in cash, gold worth more than $900k and a matching amount of silver.

And catch this story:

https://www.mprnews.org/amp/story/2021/08/13/gop-donors-indictment-poses-problem-for-party-leader

GOP donor’s indictment poses problem for party leader

"The private meeting of the party’s Executive Committee could put Minnesota GOP Chair Jennifer Carnahan’s status in jeopardy. At a minimum, some on the steering panel want a full independent examination of the party’s finances. Removal of Carnahan from her job would take a two-thirds vote, according to the party constitution."

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"Multiple people who have worked for or closely with the Republican Party told MPR News that Lazzaro and Carnahan have been close friends for years, traveling often and working the party circuit. He is also a top donor to Carnahan’s husband, Republican U.S. Rep. Jim Hagedorn. Lazzaro was part of a select group of invitees to the couple’s California wedding, according to sources and photos."

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"State and federal campaign records show Lazzaro donated at least $52,000 to accounts entirely or jointly run by the state party. Thousands more were given to local party units. And candidates scooped up many thousands from Lazzaro, whom sources said was a member of the exclusive Elephant Club board of top GOP donors.

Rep. Hagedorn received more money from Lazzaro than any candidate to his campaign committee or funds associated with him. His campaign says it will turn over $21,000 to charity."

[UpInArms]

7. Ahhh ... such a winner!

Wonder where his seed money came from …

Eta:

Anton (Tony) Lazzaro is the founder and Director of Big Tent Republicans PAC, a unique group dedicated to broadening the appeal of the Republican Party. The group looks to redefine the Republican Party specifically to minority, LGBT, and women who he feels have been misinformed by the Democratic Party as well as neglected by his own party.

An Entrepreneurial business owner in the marketing industry, he has owned his own very successful firm Gold River Group for nine years. He is passionate however in growing the GOP for future generations to preserve its strength in the 21st century.

With a background in marketing and technology, he has ran digital operations for several successful Republican political campaigns in California and Minnesota.

Lazzaro studied at Brigham Young University in Idaho and lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
COMPANY:
Gold River Group LLC
BORN:
Los Angeles, CA. USA
POSITION:
CEO & Founder
RESIDENCE:
Minneapolis, MN. USA
EDUCATION:
Brigham Young University, ID

From his personal website … it’s a shame he cannot write proper grammar

And eta a photo

[bucolic_frolic]

8. Yeah I was just wondering the same thing ... age 30 ... with that kind of loot

in cash or cash equivalents ... and I see what you're saying with the eye roll ... I didn't find any occupation other than political operative in my cursory search.

That much cash could be some IRS issues. Hastert went down for .. is my recall any good ... 300K in cash structuring?

[UpInArms]

10. I updated my post ...

Will look for more …

[UpInArms]

11. Oooohhhh

Lookie who is standing next to another pedophile!

[bucolic_frolic]

12. Passing on to the new generation

Secrets of the 1880s Klondike

[UpInArms]

13. I wonder what Mother thinks of this?

[UpInArms]

14. Gold River Group

Is only a 1 year old company ….

Not a million dollar deal

Company Information
Company Name: GOLD RIVER GROUP LLC
Entity Type: LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (DOMESTIC)
File Number: 1126606600021
Filing State: Minnesota (MN)
Filing Status: Active
Filing Date: December 18, 2019
Company Age: 1 Year 8 Months
Registered Agent:
Map Icon spacer Anton Lazzaro
201 South 11th Street
1920
Minneapolis, MN 55403
Principal Address:
Map Icon spacer 201 South 11th Street
1920
Minneapolis, MN 55403
Report Due Date: December 31, 2020
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State

[Midnight Writer]

15. looks 'roidy.

[UpInArms]

16. Has that stunned deer in the headlight look

Like … jeez …. I have no visible means of showing how I have $3 million in cash assets in my possession…

[IronLionZion]

21. More Republicans should wear that shade of orange clothing

it looks good on them

[RVN VET71]

23. He'll have tutors available in prison.

Amazing the kind of filth lay behind the public faces of these perverts. And little Gisela! Such a nice Catholic girl! Tsk, tsk, tsk.

Shame these two money and sex hustlers couldn’t have found a legitimate outlet for their talents.

So young. So Republican. So ruined!

[Kali]

25. wtf is with his eyebrows?

[magicarpet]

26. My notice,....

Why is his right ear so much lower than his left ear ?

(very noticeable in his orange jump suit prison gear photo)

[not fooled]

9. College Republicans, again

training the next generation of criminals, er leaders.

[Crowman2009]

24. Hence why female students (trans & cis) on campus avoid them like the plague.

Mainly because they give off rapey vibes. Their stance on no abortion even in the cases of rape is a good indication that all sane human contact with them should be avoided.

[IronLionZion]

27. They promise hot girls as a way of recruiting

They try to showcase their blondest Fox Newsiest looking girls and claim the Dems have angry hairy feminists who will have you arrested for rape just for talking to them.

The flip side is they recruit women by claiming they offer manly men opposed to soft weak nerdy male feminists.

This actually works on the dumbest college students.

[Piasladic]

17. so sick -and scary

[Evolve Dammit]

18. Child sex trafficking and drug running seems to be very lucrative to the connected Repugs.

[Iggo]

20. Lazzaro rhymes with Epstein.

[ShazzieB]

28. And all this time we thought the "P" in GOP stood for "Party." 😏