This just in from Katy, Texas (just west of Houston on I-10):

KATY, Texas — Two men stole money, jewelry and cellular phones from two women working a taco truck, officials told KPRC Local 2 Monday.

Fort Bend County sheriff’s deputies said two men approached the truck in a construction area in the 5200 block of Dillon Creek Lane in Katy at about 1:45 p.m. Thursday.

One of the men pulled out a revolver that he had hidden under his shirt, officials said. He demanded the women turn over their money, jewelry and cellular phones, investigators said.

Detectives said the second man got away in an unknown direction while the armed man told the women to drive him to Gaston Road near Fry Road.

The women were not injured.

Investigators said one of the men is Hispanic, 20 to 23 years old, 5 feet 8 inches to 5 feet 10 inches tall and 130 to 150 pounds. He has a long face, light skin, short brown hair and spoke Spanish with a Mexican accent, officials said. He was last seen wearing a green shirt and pants.

The second man is Hispanic, 28 to 30 years old, 5 feet 8 inches to 5 feet 10 inches tall and about 160 pounds, deputies said. He has a round face, dark complexion, long hair that was tucked under a baseball cap and he spoke Spanish with a Mexican accent, investigators said. He was last seen wearing a short-sleeved blue shirt and blue jeans.

Anyone with information is asked to call Fort Bend County Crime Stoppers at 281-342-TIPS.

Update: Apparently these guys are “serial taco truck robbers” ?

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From our friends at SaveOurTacoTrucks.org:

Taco Lovers and Crusaders for Social Justice,

Mexican wrestling has its Rudos, the villainous luchadores who use dastardly tactics to win their matches. (Think of the old folding-chair routine when the referee isn’t looking.) In Los Angeles, we have the bureaucrats who hope to push through oppressive legislation without garnering attention who then plug their ears with their fingers when swamped with our collective outrage.

The County Board of Supervisors’ new ordinance that will effectively eliminate Taco Trucks in unincorporated Los Angeles County goes into effect at 12:00 AM on Thursday morning. Accordingly, we’re having a little get-together to celebrate this wheeled Angeleno culinary institution, while lamenting the myopic politicians who think they know what’s best for us. Meet us in East Los Angeles at Tacos El Galuzo at 5555 Whittier Blvd. between 8 PM and 12 AM. You’ll be supporting Juan Torres, a truck owner directly affected by the new law, and you’ll get to eat good cheap food while enjoying the company of like-minded people. Sr. Torres’ truck isn’t far from numerous other East LA mainstays, so plan an eastside odyssey and add us to your itinerary. Hurry, starting Thursday, purchasing a taco from one of these “peddlers” will be abetting a criminal!

Chris Rutherford & Aaron Sonderleiter
www.saveourtacotrucks.org

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The good folks over at Current TV did a short minute long video on the taco truck contraversy in LA that’s been brewing down south. Nothing new here, but some great shots of LA taco trucks.

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People in LA aren’t taking this lying down. Notoriously apolitical Angelenos are trying to stop the current attack on everyday pleasures.

NYT:

Los Angeles, loathe to rallying cohesively around a local cause, has joined hands around tortillas.

A new county ordinance restricting taco trucks has outraged food bloggers, construction workers, residents of East Los Angeles accustomed to plopping down in a folding chair, taco in one hand, non-alcoholic sangria in the other, as well as members of the taco-loving public willing to drive 15 miles for the best carnitas.

And then an obligatory choad quote at the end:

“A lot of these food trucks are not from our community, they make money in our community but do not give back to the community,” said Lourdes Caracoza, the president of Maravilla Business Association, which covers a small section of East Los Angeles. “People say this is part of our culture. I don’t recall any towns in Mexico having taco trucks.”

If there’s one thing you can say about culture, it’s that it’s unchangeable and the same everywhere.

The article also links to the “Carne Asada is Not a Crime” petition at saveourtacotrucks.org.

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