{"id":1720909,"date":"2022-11-02T06:06:10","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T10:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1720909"},"modified":"2022-11-02T07:20:35","modified_gmt":"2022-11-02T11:20:35","slug":"dem-rep-henry-cuellar-took-money-from-family-linked-to-mexican-drug-cartel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-rep-henry-cuellar-took-money-from-family-linked-to-mexican-drug-cartel\/","title":{"rendered":"Dem Rep. Henry Cuellar Took Money From Family Linked to 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\">26<\/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%2Fdem-rep-henry-cuellar-took-money-from-family-linked-to-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=1720909&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/original_Untitled_design_-_2022-10-31T214205.127.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>                Democratic <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/texas-teen-arrested-after-violent-attack-in-school-bathroom\">Texas<\/a> congressional incumbent Henry Cueller, who has represented the reliably blue 28th district since 2005, has been dogged by controversies regarding allegations of personal corruption.<\/p>\n<p>Cuellar has been called out for contributions from the family of a conduit for Los Zetas, the notoriously vicious Mexican criminal syndicate\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/o\/rc8RN\/https:\/edition.cnn.com\/2009\/WORLD\/americas\/08\/06\/mexico.drug.cartels\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">described<\/a>\u00a0by US officials as \u201cthe most technologically advanced, sophisticated and dangerous cartel operating in Mexico.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cuellar and his brother, Webb County sheriff Martin Cuellar, were investigated by local media in 2012 after federal agents arrested a Mexican citizen, and legal US resident, named Antonio Pe\u00f1a Arguelles in San Antonio. My San Antonio\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/o\/rc8RN\/https:\/www.mysanantonio.com\/news\/local_news\/article\/Former-Mexico-officials-with-ties-to-Texas-under-3342138.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>\u00a0at the time, \u201cAn affidavit filed by a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/o\/rc8RN\/https:\/www.mysanantonio.com\/search\/?action=search&#038;channel=news\/local&#038;inlineLink=1&#038;searchindex=solr&#038;query=%22U.S.+Drug+Enforcement+Administration%22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">US Drug Enforcement Administration<\/a>\u00a0agent outlining the allegations against Pena Arguelles\u201d alleged \u201cthat Pena Arguelles funneled millions of dollars from the Zetas\u201d to high-ranking Mexican politicians, describing \u201cPena Arguelles as a conduit between Mexican politicians. . . and Zeta (drug cartel) members.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arguelles also donated to US officials including Martin Cuellar and was later\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/o\/rc8RN\/https:\/www.justice.gov\/usao-wdtx\/pr\/antonio-pena-arguelles-sentenced-federal-prison-conspiracy-commit-money-laundering\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sentenced<\/a>\u00a0to 30 months in federal prison for money laundering on behalf of the Zetas in 2014. Arguelles gave $1,500 to Martin Cuellar\u2019s election campaign in 2007. In 2006 his then-wife, Armandina, gave $1,000 to the reelection effort of Henry Cuellar.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesman for the campaigns of the Cueller brothers claimed they had returned or given to charity campaign donations from Arguelles. It was confirmed that they did so last year after discovering that Arguelles\u2019 brother was killed in Nuevo Laredo, and his murderers left a note accusing the brothers of working with the Zetas.<\/p>\n<p>Due to the <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/biden-admin-asks-federal-agencies-to-send-volunteers-to-deal-with-his-border-crisis\">Biden administration\u2019s ongoing border crisis<\/a>, drug cartels have a heavy presence in the Rio Grande Valley where a large segment of the region\u2019s economy is linked to Border Patrol jobs.<\/p>\n<p>The National Border Patrol Council, the labor union representing some 18,000 Border Patrol agents, endorsed Cuellar\u2019s Republican challenger,\u00a0Cassy Garcia this year, despite having repeatedly endorsed Cuellar in the past.<\/p>\n<p>In January, Cuellar&#8217;s Laredo home and campaign headquarters were raided by the FBI as part of a \u201ccourt-authorized law enforcement activity\u201d related to an investigation into his links to the nation of Azerbaijan.<\/p>\n<p>According to the<i>\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/o\/rc8RN\/https:\/www.texastribune.org\/2022\/08\/16\/henry-cuellar-fbi-raid-search-warrant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Texas Tribune<\/a>, \u201ca grand jury sought records related to Cuellar, his wife and one of his campaign staffers over connections to Azerbaijan. Cuellar is a member of the Congressional Azerbaijan Caucus and often speaks out advocating for the oil-rich country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A former US attorney\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/o\/rc8RN\/https:\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9csGr3lWEHk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told KENS 5<\/a>\u00a0that \u201cCuellar is probably not just a witness in the case.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2022\/10\/henry-cuellars-strange-donation-from-the-family-of-a-zetas-cartel-conduit\/\">National Review<\/a>, South Texas has\u00a0shifted to the right and like many Texas border communities, the 95 percent Latino electorate in Webb County, the largest county in South Texas, where Cuellar\u2019s home of Laredo is situated, has also shifted toward Republicans by double-digit margins from 2016 to 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Cuellar in attempting to remain in touch with his district\u2019s conservative voter base distanced himself from the Democratic Party\u2019s hard lean to the left and is currently\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/o\/rc8RN\/https:\/progressivepunch.org\/scores.htm?topic=&#038;house=house&#038;sort=crucial-lifetime&#038;order=up&#038;party=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ranked<\/a>\u00a0as the most conservative Democrat in the US House.<\/p>\n<p>The congressman is also a regular target of <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/far-left-squad-members-tlaib-bush-defeat-challengers-in-democratic-primaries\">far-left progressives<\/a> and\u00a0barely survived\u00a0a primary challenge from his left earlier this cycle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic Texas congressional incumbent Henry Cueller, who has represented the reliably blue 28th district since 2005, has been dogged by controversies regarding allegations of personal corruption.Cuellar has been called<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1720912,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1720909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1720909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1720909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1720909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1720912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1720909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1720909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1720909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}