The Trump administration is charging an illegal alien business owner in Arizona for knowingly employing other illegal aliens in his food truck business.
Federal prosecutors hit illegal alien business owner 42-year-old Blademir Angulo Audeves with several crimes after Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) took him into custody in Phoenix early this month.
The Mexican national, is believed to have hired at least a dozen illegal aliens to work at his restaurant chain, Taqueria El Taco Loko. Every single one of his workers, federal authorities say, were in the country illegally.
He now faces several federal charges, including the Harboring of an Illegal Alien, Knowingly Employing Unauthorized Aliens, Improper Entry by an Alien, and Alien in Possession of a Firearm.
“A West Phoenix taco shop owner is in federal custody tonight, accused of knowingly hiring a dozen illegal immigrants at his business.”
“The owner of the shop is accused of smuggling and hiring people who are not American citizens.” pic.twitter.com/glzY5BBKSu
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) July 15, 2025
Angulo Audeves first entered the United States illegally in 2011 and voluntarily left the country in May of 2021 after receiving departure orders, but returned just months later in August of the same year.
Authorities also raided the home of Angulo Audeves, with prosecutors saying that the illegal alien was found to be in possession of three firearms and hundreds of rounds of ammunition, violating federal law.
Court documents indicate, according to one report, that the Mexican illegal alien paid the smuggling costs for some of his employees, fronting $12,000 a piece to traffic the illegal alien workers into the United States with the expectation that they would pay him back.
The case is not the only time that federal authorities under the Trump administration have arrested illegal alien workers and their employers. ICE and HSI arrested eight illegal aliens who worked at a bakery on the border in Texas in February. The bakery’s two owners were also apprehended and charged with felonies, with federal authorities accusing them of harboring illegal aliens.