BBC News - Obama campaign returns funds linked to Mexico fugitive: US President Barack Obama's election campaign is to return donations linked to the family of a fugitive Mexican casino magnate.
The Chicago-based brothers of Juan Jose Rojas Cardona, known as Pepe, raised some $200,000 (£126,000) for Mr Obama.
Pepe Cardona fled the US in 1994 and is now seeking a pardon for drug and fraud charges, the New York Times reports.
Meanwhile, Mr Obama is to allow a pro-Democratic fundraising group to raise unlimited cash to back his candidacy.
Mr Obama's official campaign war-chest is healthy - with some $81m cash in hand at the end of 2011 - but relies on small donors.
Campaign officials have said that most donors give $250 or less, with an average donation of $56.
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