Maribel Rodríguez is a
Puerto Rican politician from the
Popular Democratic Party (PPD). Rodríguez served as member of the
22nd Senate of Puerto Rico from 2001 to 2005.
Rodríguez was elected to the
Senate of Puerto Rico
The Senate of Puerto Rico () is the upper house of the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico, the territorial legislature of Puerto Rico. The Senate, together with the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico, control the legislative branch of ...
in the
2000 general election. She represented the
District of Arecibo, along with
Rafael Rodríguez Vargas. However, Rodríguez was forced to retire due to irregularities in her finances. Her then-husband, Juan Manuel Cruzado, mayor of
Vega Alta, was also being investigated for corruption and
money laundering
Money laundering is the process of illegally concealing the origin of money obtained from illicit activities (often known as dirty money) such as drug trafficking, sex work, terrorism, corruption, and embezzlement, and converting the funds i ...
. Rodríguez resignation was effective on March 7, 2002.
See also
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22nd Senate of Puerto Rico
References
Living people
Popular Democratic Party members of the Senate of Puerto Rico
People from Vega Alta, Puerto Rico
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico
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