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in 2011, Carlos and another Chicago-based brother, Alberto Rojas Cardona, started fundraising for the Obama re-election campaign, despite not having any apparent history of political involvement.

The two Chicago brothers each gave the maximum $30,800 to the Democratic National Committee, their Tennessee-based sister Leticia Rojas Cardona donated $13,000 to the national committee and another relative living in Illinois gave $12,600, The Times reported, citing records. All up, more than $200,000 was raised by the family.

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Carlos and Alberto Cardona could not be contacted, but Sarah Westall of Minnesota — the wife of another Cardona brother, Gabriel — told the newspaper that the family raised funds for Obama because they wanted to help the Latino community.

“I understand that it looks real bad,” she said. “But the rest of the family are really good people. Pepe is actually a good person too.”

US diplomatic cables, released by WikiLeaks in 2009, said Pepe Cardona was believed to have illegally delivered $5 million to Mexican politicians in 2006 and organized the assassination of a business rival.