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” ?

I’m sorry, but if you think it’s a good idea to start extorting taco truck owners — especially in Spokane, WA — for money, you’re probably not going to get very far.

Spokesman Review:

A federal charge of impersonating an FBI agent has been filed against a multiple-time felon accused of extorting cash and taking the taco trailer used as the source of income for a Spokane businessman facing deportation.

In addition to the federal charge, Marwan Abdullah Nasser faces a state charge for allegedly kidnapping the son of taco vender Carlos Zuniga to back up extortion demands.

The self-employed businessman, who operated the popular “Tacos Tumbras” in Spokane and Spokane Valley, was told he could avoid deportation to Mexico and remain in Spokane if he paid cash bribes to a man he was told was an FBI agent, court documents say.

Zuniga, briefly detained last summer on pending civil deportation charges, later was introduced to Nasser by local Hispanic activist Carmella LeBlanc “who told Carlos (Zuniga) that Nasser was with the FBI,” the documents allege.