🚨CAUGHT: Gabe Vasquez taking illegal foreign campaign donations

It’s been a really bad week for Gabe Vasquez. First, his fake $90,000 wedding was uncovered along with the relationship timeline of his mysterious new fiancé who also has ties to his taxpayer-funded job and government position.

Now, it’s come out that Vasquez took illegal campaign donations from a foreign donor.

According to the Piñon Post, “Democrat U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez accepted a 2017 campaign contribution from his uncle, who was listed on Vasquez’s own campaign filing at an address in Mexico — raising serious questions about whether the donation complied with federal law barring foreign nationals from contributing in American elections.”

Federal law couldn’t be clearer – foreign nationals are prohibited from contributing to American candidates and campaigns are prohibited from knowingly accepting such money.

Gabe Vasquez has even more explaining to do…

Read more below.

Records: Contrary to U.S. law, Vasquez took campaign cash from uncle in Mexico

By Piñon Post

June 23, 2026

Campaign finance records uncovered exclusively by the Piñon Post show Democrat U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez accepted a 2017 campaign contribution from his uncle, who was listed on Vasquez’s own campaign filing at an address in Mexico — raising serious questions about whether the donation complied with federal law barring foreign nationals from contributing in American elections.

While running for Las Cruces City Council in 2017, Vasquez accepted a $100 contribution from Oscar Banuelos. Vasquez’s campaign finance statement, filed with the City of Las Cruces, listed Banuelos at an address in Chihuahua, Mexico: “Tarascos 6605 Col. Azteca, Chihuahua, MX.”

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Federal law is clear that foreign nationals are prohibited from contributing to American elections — including local elections.

Under 11 CFR 110.20, “A foreign national shall not, directly or indirectly, make a contribution or donation” in connection with federal, state, or local elections, including to political committees and party committees.

The same federal regulation also prohibits candidates and campaigns from knowingly accepting such money: “No person shall knowingly solicit, accept, or receive from a foreign national any contribution or donation…”

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Research uncovered by the Piñon Post notes that Banuelos’ Facebook page now lists him as living in Cuba. That fact does not establish his citizenship status in 2017, but it adds another reason Vasquez should explain what his campaign knew, what it verified, and why the donation was accepted.

Banuelos’ contribution may not be the only campaign-finance issue needing answers.

A later 2017 Vasquez campaign finance statement listed ten anonymous contributions totaling $200 in October 2017. The filing shows multiple anonymous $20 donations dated Oct. 21, 2017.

Read the full article here.

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