Posted on 01/01/2016 5:14:47 PM PST by sunrise_sunset
Marco Rubio's brother-in-law was the 'front man' for a multi-million dollar cocaine-smuggling ring headed by a drug kingpin who ran the operation from an exotic animal sanctuary, it has been revealed.
Orlando Cicilia was arrested for his part in the illicit operation in 1987 during Miami's narcotics heyday when Republican presidential hopeful Rubio was just 16.
Cicilia, 58, who is now working as a real estate agent, served just 12 years in prison despite being sentenced to 35 for his part in the scheme...
Cicilia was released four days after Rubio stormed into the political spotlight following his re-election to the House of Representatives in November 2000.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
So what? It was not him but his brother in law.
I still will not vote for him, but see this as a cheap shot. After the gang of 8 he is done for me. And now his misleading ads really really seal his fate for me. Just really tired of RINOS and their lying in ads.
This is the way the establishment works. Shut down the drug trade with stiff penalties. Stop the establishment.
Does anyone remember the Mena, Arkansas drug cartel with Bill Clinton and poppy Bush??? Look it up, very interesting....
Think of what the Kennedy family (starting with Joe Kennedy) were involved with...
To which Obama responds “Hey maybe he can hook me up with some freebies”
Credentials as such qualify Rubio more for the rat party.
But wait, I guess there’s no difference today.
Who cares?
Idiocy.
Jeb is weak.
The drug smuggling also involved Jeb and George W. Jeb would routinely call Drug Kingpins in Miami for donations to the Republican State Committee which he was the chair of. George W Bush's private governor's plane while he was Gov. of Texas was Barry Seal's old plane.
http://barrysealmurder1986jebbusholivernorth.blogspot.com/2013/04/jeb-bush-and-murder-of-cia-drug.html
Not a cheap shot. There is 15 million dollars that is missing and where did it go ? Rubio chooses to hang out and do a lot of business with this guy.
I remember this .
They fed the agent to a tiger.
They did a pretty good job burying “rite rail” ... the use of rail tankers to carry cocaine into the US which involved the same people...
brother-in-law or father-in-law ???
the ages don’t match...
The crook was 58 and Rubio was 16...
Rubio should run as a D!! He’s got the credentials!!
Didn’t stop him from vouching for him.
Did you ever hear of one Roger Clinton? He wasn’t an old brother in law but a younger brother of the President whom I believe served time in prison for cocaine possession.
I don’t care about Rubio’s brother, and I wouldn’t care if it was Cruz’s brother or Trump’s sister. What I care about is Rubio pretending to be a Tea Party conservative during his campaign for US Senate and then immediately joining the Gang of Eight to reward criminal behavior by giving illegals Amnesty and a path to citizenship. No, thank you. I don’t need to know about his siblings to absolutely reject Rubio.
Do they want us to believe this somehow reflects on Rubio’s character or policies?
For crying out loud I have brothers I have to explain in background checks.
You can’t choose your relatives. Don’t like Rubio, but this is irrelevant.
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