Backlash As Mexican Bakery Owner in Florida Calls ICE on Hispanic Man Over Parking Dispute: ‘Behaving Like a Crab in a Barrel’

A confrontation outside a Florida bakery is drawing sharp criticism online after the shop owner was filmed threatening to call federal immigration agents during a dispute over a parking space. The video, which shows the exchange outside Sweet Face Bread & Cakes in Seffner, has spread widely after being shared by the family of the man involved.

Mexican bakery owner calls ICE—on another Hispanic man over parking dispute.”I’m calling ICE!” owner yells.The bakery advertises itself as serving “authentic taste of Mexico.””Luckily my brother is here legally—otherwise they would take him away,” sister said.According to… pic.twitter.com/Rt6c7GdW0K

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According to a Facebook post from Becky Leon-Bustamante, her brother had parked in a spot marked for bakery customers only while visiting a neighboring store in the same plaza on South Kingsway Road. Video shows a woman in a bakery apron confronting the group near the vehicle, telling them, “I am calling ICE,” while gesturing toward the car parked beside a curb marked “ONLY CUST BAKERY.”

In the clip, translated from Spanish, the man recording the confrontation can be heard saying, “You don’t like that, do you? You sons of *expletive*.” Leon-Bustamante wrote that her brother is in the country legally, and later acknowledged that “my brother’s words were not the right words to express himself,” while maintaining that the threat to contact immigration officials came first…

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