Cesar Sayoc claims to be affiliated with Seminoles, but tribe disavows any connectionBy Daniel Chang And David Smiley
October 26, 2018 03:29 PM
Updated 37 minutes ago

From the pro-Trump stickers on his white van to the profile information on his Twitter account, Cesar Sayoc, the Aventura man arrested Friday for allegedly mailing pipe bombs to prominent Democrats, trumpets his affiliation to the Seminole Tribe of Florida.
“Native Americans for Trump” reads one sticker with a flag of the Seminole Tribe of Florida posted on the white passenger van that police towed from the AutoZone in Plantation where Sayoc, 56, was arrested.
“Current Booking Agent/Sales/Marketing/Promotions/Project Mgr Live Events Seminole Hard Rock Live,” reads one of at least two Twitter profiles associated with Sayoc.
“Seminole Indians: An Unconquered Tribe,” reads a slide-show frame posted on Oct. 12 to a Twitter account, @hardrock2016, that appears to belong to Sayoc and includes a photo the 56-year-old man holding up a sign of the American flag, with the lettering, “Welcome President Trump”.
But the Seminole Tribe strongly denies that Sayoc has ever been a member of the prominent Native American group, which owns a global business of casinos, restaurants and hotels, including the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino near Hollywood, and generates an estimated annual operating profit of $1.5 billion, according to Forbes magazine.
Tribe spokesman Gary Bitner, alluding to the many social media profiles that appear to be associated with Sayoc, flatly rejected the assertion that Sayoc is in any way affiliated with the tribe.
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