Democrats will apparently stop at nothing to get undeserved votes. Some of them apparently are willing to go as far as to use illegal drugs as bribery for votes! A developing federal investigation has brought up allegations that a Hidalgo County Commissioner paid for votes with bags of cocaine while other politicians paid for votes also with cash, cigarettes, marijuana and beer. [1] Court records obtained by Breitbart Texas from the arrest of two women accused of buying votes show that during the democratic primaries in 2012, a campaign manager for a Hidalgo County Commissioner who said that during the campaign, he bought $50 worth of cocaine, commonly known as an 8-ball and split it up in order to give it to the two women so they could use it to entice voters. [2] Two political operatives of a Hidalgo County Commissioner’s campaign manager were charged on Thursday with vote-buying before U.S. Magistrate Judge Peter Ormsby, The Monitor reported. Belinda Solis and Veronica Salazar were charged with vote buying, their bond was set at $10,000 and if convicted, each could face five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.. [3] These women were paid political consultants who specifically targeted low-income areas and seniors. This is a federal case at this point, and late in coming. The corruption is so rampant and runs so deep in the democratic party that even the lowest of the local entities are now embroiled in the racket. You better believe it. This corruption goes all the way to the White House. The arrests are the latest twist in an 18-month investigation focusing on the 2012 primary election for County Commissioner. The name of the campaign manager and his chief were not disclosed, however, only two candidates ran in that race, A.C. Cuellar Jr., and Democrat Joel Quintanilla. Both have denied even having campaign managers. [4] Commissioner A.C. Cuellar Jr., who won that year with almost 57 percent of the vote, denied any involvement.
All I can say is that it’s not me. I didn’t even have a campaign manager.
Joel Quintanilla, who was the incumbent of the Pct. 1 commissioner’s seat located in Donna, said he had no idea about the vote-buying. [5] I don’t know these ladies,” he said, adding that he also did not have a campaign manager. “During our campaign meetings, we mentioned to our campaign workers that we wouldn’t even consider paying people for votes. [6] In the 2012 general election, the campaign manager confessed that he gave Solis $40 in cash and $20 worth of cocaine to entice voters for school board candidates [7] She told agents that she paid three voters $10 each for their votes in 2012, $5 to her ex-husband, and gave another individual a “dime bag” of cocaine for his vote. So far, no elected officials have been arrested, but three other politiqueras were nabbed by FBI agents in December, for exchanging money, food and cigarettes for votes.
In December, FBI agents arrested Guadalupe Escamilla, Diana Castañeda and Rebecca Gonzalez after they used money, cigarettes and food in exchange for votes. All have since pleaded guilty and await sentencing. [8] Former board President Alfredo Lugo, who won re-election with three allies during that race, hanged himself on New Year’s Day, weeks after the arrests. The motive for his suicide was unclear but the timing sparked speculation that it could have been related. He seemingly felt implicated by these three arrests, hanged himself on New Year’s Day, but no specific reason was cited for his suicide. [9] Multiple Democratic politicians in South Texas have been charged with vote buying, contract rigging, and bribery money laundering. Eight months ago, Donna ISD School Board President Alfredo Lugo committed suicide after federal agents arrested multiple suspects in the vote buying investigation. Former Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Trevino has been sentenced to 5 years in prison for taking money from Mexican cartel members and using it as campaign funds. The Mayor of the town of Progreso has been convicted of running a scheme in which he and his family controlled all of the contracts that the city and school board gave out and demanded bribes in return for their business. [10]
