{"id":1720461,"date":"2022-11-01T16:48:56","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T20:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1720461"},"modified":"2022-11-01T16:49:21","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T20:49:21","slug":"texas-dem-congressman-responds-to-republican-advertisement-resurfacing-past-ties-with-mexican-drug-cartel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-dem-congressman-responds-to-republican-advertisement-resurfacing-past-ties-with-mexican-drug-cartel\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Dem Congressman Responds To Republican Advertisement Resurfacing Past Ties With Mexican Drug Cartel"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftexas-dem-congressman-responds-to-republican-advertisement-resurfacing-past-ties-with-mexican-drug-cartel%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1720461&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Texas Democratic Congressman Henry Cuellar responded to an advertisement Tuesday produced by the National Republican Congressional Committee that resurfaced alleged ties between the politician and one of the most dangerous Mexican drug cartel crime syndicates.<\/p>\n<p>Cuellar, who has held the state\u2019s 28th Congressional District seat since 2005, which covers a significant portion of the southern border, faces political newcomer, Republican Cassy Garcia, in one of the most closely watched races in the country.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, the career politician immediately defended his position against the NRCC\u2019s ad, which alleges residents elected the career politician amid allegations of fraud eighteen years ago. He was then later re-elected after allegedly receiving funds from the wife of a man who laundered money for Los Zetas, a Mexican cartel widely known for dismembering their victims and publicly hanging them from bridges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCassy Garcia has resurfaced a 10-year-old story and launched a blatantly false ad just seven days before Election Day in a desperate attempt to smear Congressman Cuellar\u2019s reputation and save her losing campaign,\u201d a statement reads.<\/p>\n<p>Cuellar reiterated that he donated the money to charity after learning who contributed the funds to his campaign.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Spanish there is a saying \u2018patadas de ahogado,&#8217;\u201d the statement reads, which translates to \u201cto kick when you\u2019re drowning, \u201caccording to Quora. \u201cAnd this is exactly what this is, a desperate and futile attempt to influence this race with lies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">\u00a1Patadas de ahogado! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DuAN70gp7S\">pic.twitter.com\/DuAN70gp7S<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Henry Cuellar (@CuellarCampaign) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CuellarCampaign\/status\/1587462475938775041?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Garc\u00eda called out her opponent in a response on Twitter,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHenry, here\u2019s some more Spanish for you: POL\u00cdTICO CORRUPTO,\u201d Garc\u00eda said. \u201cYou\u2019ve been in office since 1987 and people are fed up with your scandals. Enough is enough. South Texas is voting for a better way forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Henry, here&#8217;s some more Spanish for you:<\/p>\n<p>POL\u00cdTICO CORRUPTO<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ve been in office since 1987 and people are fed up with your scandals. Enough is enough.<\/p>\n<p>South Texas is voting for a better way forward. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DFTKaBrLAj\">https:\/\/t.co\/DFTKaBrLAj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cassy Garcia for Congress (@CasandraLGarcia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CasandraLGarcia\/status\/1587469987538763777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Garcia, who is married to a Border Patrol agent, has used her campaign to emphasize Cuellar\u2019s alleged ethical misconduct and the ongoing crisis at the southern border.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCome January, when I raise my right hand and place the other on the Bible, I will swear an oath, not just to the Constitution, but to restore honor and dignity to this office,\u201d Garc\u00eda told the National Review in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>A FiveThirtyEight<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrcc.org\/2022\/11\/01\/nrcc-launches-19-new-tv-ads-across-17-districts\/\"> poll<\/a> published last week shows Cuellar has roughly an 8-in-10 chance of beating Garcia.<\/p>\n<p>The National Review<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2022\/10\/henry-cuellars-strange-donation-from-the-family-of-a-zetas-cartel-conduit\/\"> reports<\/a> Cuellar and his brother, Webb County Sheriff Martin Cuellar, faced backlash from local media but dodged national attention after federal agents arrested Antonio Pe\u00f1a Arguelles ten years ago in San Antonio.<\/p>\n<p>Pe\u00f1a Arguelles, who had citizenship in Mexico and was a legal resident in the United States, was sentenced in 2014 to 30 months in prison for money laundering to the Zetas.<\/p>\n<p>My San Antonio<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mysanantonio.com\/news\/local_news\/article\/Former-Mexico-officials-with-ties-to-Texas-under-3342138.php\"> reported<\/a> that Pe\u00f1a Arguelles funneled millions of dollars from the Zetas to top Mexican officials.<\/p>\n<p>The NRCC advertisement claims Cuellar was re-elected with funds from Pe\u00f1a Arguelles\u2019 former wife. The National Review reports Pe\u00f1a Arguelles\u2019 former wife gave $1,000 to the re-election effort of Henry Cuellar, while Pe\u00f1a Arguelles himself donated $1,500 to Sheriff Cuellar\u2019s election.<\/p>\n<p>According to The National Review, a spokesperson for Cuellar and his law enforcement brother said they\u2019ve returned or given to charity campaign donations from Pe\u00f1a-Arguelles and his former wife.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Cuellar made headlines amid another scandal after FBI authorities raided his campaign office in a criminal investigation related to the notoriously corrupt government of Azerbaijan, which Cuellar co-chairs the Azerbaijan Caucus in Washington.<\/p>\n<p>Although an attorney for Cuellar claimed he is not the focus of the investigation, a former U.S. Attorney told San Antonio\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9csGr3lWEHk\"> KENS 5<\/a> that the Democrat politician is \u201cprobably not just a witness in the case.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is either an incredibly serious allegation or a very fast-moving investigation,\u201d said former prosecutor Ryan Patrick to local media earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>The anti-Cuellar ad comes with a barrage of 19 other new spots released by the NRCC across 17 districts nationwide in an effort for voters to \u201creject Democrat policies that have left Americans with skyrocketing prices and unsafe communities,\u201d according to the committee\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDemocrats\u2019 one-party rule has been a complete disaster for our country,\u201d Michael McAdams, the committee\u2019s communications director,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrcc.org\/2022\/11\/01\/nrcc-launches-19-new-tv-ads-across-17-districts\/\"> said<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s time to put a check on Democrats\u2019 radical policies and stunning incompetence.\u201d<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas Democratic Congressman Henry Cuellar responded to an advertisement Tuesday produced by the National Republican Congressional Committee that resurfaced alleged ties between the politician and one of the most dangerous Mexican drug cartel crime syndicates. 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