Phoenix taco shop owner accused of harboring, employing illegal migrants

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A Phoenix taco restaurant owner who is in the U.S. illegally was charged in federal court this week after investigators said he hid and employed people in the U.S illegally.

Forty-two-year-old Blademir Angulo Audeves was arrested on Tuesday and indicted on immigration charges. He owns Taqueria El Taco Loko on Indian School Road, a taco trailer that usually operates in Laveen and a taco bus that is usually in Maricopa.

Court paperwork said that during the investigation that started in March, Homeland Security Investigations agents identified 12 people in the U.S. illegally who were working for him. Some of them were living at his house in Laveen or at his second home on 16th Avenue (no other cross street was given), court paperwork said…

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