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Obama campaign back money linked to Mexican fugitive
posted on: Feb 7 2012 10:13 by RDugey. Viewed 19 times.
The campaign of President Barack Obama returned $200,000 in contributions collected by relatives of the owner of a Mexican casino that left United States after being accused of drug trafficking and fraud.
Obama campaign team said he decided to return the donations made by the brothers of Chicago Carlos Cardona and Alberto Rojas Cardona, who had begun to raise funds for the campaign and the Democratic National Committee last year.
The New York Times newspaper reported Monday night that the collectors are the brothers of the owner of casinos Juan Jose Rojas Cardona, who broke his bail in Iowa in 1994 and since then has been linked to violence and corruption in Mexico.
The campaign team said that he returned the money raised by family members since the newspaper asked about the role of the brothers in fundraising.
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