PHOENIX — The owner of multiple Arizona taco restaurants pleaded guilty on Wednesday to knowingly employing undocumented migrants, officials said.
Blademir Angulo Audeves, 42, also pleaded guilty to the charge of alien in possession of a firearm, according to a Thursday announcement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona.
Prosecutors said that Audeves is also an undocumented migrant himself.
Details on owner of Arizona taco restaurants pleading guilty
In his plea, Audeves admitted to owning and operating El Taqueria El Taco Loko LLC, which consisted of a brick-and-mortar restaurant as well as two mobile restaurants in metro Phoenix…