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Officials in Kansas say 48 customers sickened by salsa at a Mi Ranchero Mexican restaurant in August may have been the victims of a revenge plot by a former employee.
Nation's Restaurant News reports that Arnoldo Bazan, 30, and his wife, Yini De La Torre, 19, were charged in U.S. District Court for allegedly mixing Methomyl, a poison used in pesticides, with the salsa in a Mi Ranchito restaurant. De La Torre is the niece of Mi Ranchito co-owner Rulber Dela Torre.
Officials said the alleged poisonings are tied to Bazan's firing from the Mi Ranchito in Olathe, Kan., and his belief that one of the owners was responsible for the loss of his vehicle, NRN.com reports.
Initially, investigators suspected faulty water lines created toxic acid which sickened the chain's patrons. The indictment against the couple, however, indicates a plot to hurt the chain's bottom line.
The indictment against Bazan and De La Torre alleges that Bazan made anonymous threats after being fired from Mi Ranchito in June. On Aug. 10, De La Torre allegedly put Methomyl into the salsa intended for customers of the Mi Ranchito branch where she worked, Nation's Restaurant News reports.
Dozens of customers reported falling ill after eating at the restaurant. De La Torre allegedly poisoned the salsa again on Aug. 30, sickening 36 customers.
Bazan allegedly wanted the Mi Ranchito chain to be blamed for the incidents and suffer financial harm, NRN reports.
"We had a lot of problems in the beginning, but we're relieved this is over and that we can get on with our lives and business," Rulber Dela Torre told NRN. "But what is really going to fix my problem is getting my customers back. Each one is worth a million dollars to me."
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11-10-2009 @12:43PM goodangel63 said... You are so right, it is going to get worse with the Health Care Reform bills if they pass the way there are in the Senate. No matter what the government states, ILLEGALS will be covered as our Constitution allows it IF THIS HEALTH REFORM IS PASSED WITH A PUBLIC OPTION & the illegals will not have to pay anything where if we get on the Public Option we will have to pay. They will be given a Primary Physician & etc. instead of them having to go to a Emergency Room. NOT FAIR, WILL TAKE AWAY FROM LEGALS HEALTH CARE ALONG WITH RATIONING TO US. DAMN OBUMMER, DAMN HIM TO HELL.
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11-10-2009 @12:28PM cassidj said... If you truly believe that you don't qualify for loans because you have been working you are misinformed, the unsubsidized stafford loan is available to every independent student regardless of financial need.
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11-10-2009 @12:44PM just bill said... nobody loves america like mexicans do
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11-10-2009 @12:51PM Armaugh said... What kind of lowlife would poison innocent people just to get back at their former employer?? Throw the book at the two of them!!!!
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11-10-2009 @1:10PM shandita34 said... Family.....no matter what race can just plain be hateful, and this was just another ghetto version of a how a non-white family,(I am not white or mexican...you be the judge!)can just create MESS!
I don't know what the couple's sentencing is/was, but part of it needs to be making them eat some salsa tainted with methomyl or something similar! That would justify this a little more, and give them a little taste of how it feels for other people!
Folks...if you have to fire a family member...WATCH YOUR BACK!
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11-10-2009 @1:22PM Nettie said... First off at the end of the day these people were sick twisted idiots who deliberately poisoned people for revenge. It had nothing to do with race--it was just an evil act.
It's exactly like everybody thinking the crazy ass**** who shot up Fort Hood was a terrorist because he was Muslim.
Umm NO! he was an ass**** because he chose to kill people period.
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11-10-2009 @1:29PM Bohica said... The important thing is that these people were caught. I hope they enjoy American prison.
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11-10-2009 @1:45PM blaketahoe023 said... first off for the people always talking about "illegals"(hate that word...how can a HUMAN be illegal like some d@mn drug?im white by the way..irish to boot, so you cant get any whiter)how can you seriously blame a group of "people" for all this mess? its not like mexicans are going into the whitehouse themselves,hoping over desks and chairs and sh!t,and forcing themselves into the welfare and medicaide networks....it's you're government doing it on their own time and free will, why do you people put up with all this political BS AND buy into it then actually hate someone because their not christian apple-pie eating white americans, have any of you even seen outside the US?....everythings f#cked up and wrong
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11-10-2009 @1:45PM Kim said... Illegals are taking over this country and we need to freakin' stop letting them in. The economy is so damn bad now that we don't need anyone else bleeding it dry. The only people who qualify for loans or anything else that legal Americans are illegals, period! Who do you see our country helping the most? Illegals. I say throw their asses back to Mexico, take our jobs back and start taking care of our own people!
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11-10-2009 @1:52PM Kim said... blaketahoe023 YOU HAVE GOT TO BE A FREAKIN DEMOCRAT! BOY ARE YOU FUC*ED UP IN THE HEAD! CAN'T WAIT UNTIL ALL THE DUMB ASSES (DEMOCRATS) ARE OUT OF OFFICE, INCLUDING THAT STUPID PELOSI - BY THE WAY, OBAMA SUCKS!
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11-10-2009 @1:57PM Kim said... Uh, he was a MUSLIM NETTIE you idiot and it was terrorism! what an idiot you are!
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11-10-2009 @2:32PM playpffmk1 said... I agree JENNir285, your also being used by your so called friend,if you didn't just make it all up. why does she need 4 Degrees,lol. so she can keep getting free money that you are also paying for.wake up.
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11-10-2009 @2:31PM V said... Hey, Jennir, no offense, but sounds like you also need to a get a little educated. Mexico is not a third world country. Yes, it has its poor areas, but it is definitely not "third world." And I do agree with what you say about there being a lot of ignorant comments here. I'm hispanic, although I hate admitting that I am because I'm from a border town where the people and in your face Mexican culture downright embarrasses me. But I also don't appreciate non-hispanics making stupid, ignorant, prejudiced comments about Mexicans when there are just as many shady Anglo and black people in this country. I don't consider myself Mexican, because I was born and raised here in the states, but I don't appreciate the idea of being thought of as uneducated because of my ethnic background. I am college educated, and I also don't condone what this couple did.
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11-10-2009 @4:03PM randy said... Shannon, Maybe you ought to think again, that statement of yours "I support Legal immigration". Well aren't you special, how many Mexicans do you think come here legally, very few in comparison to the number of Illegals. Look at what is happening to California right now, illegals cost that economy 12 billion dollars a year, and that's California putting out that information. Do you know what happens if people go to Mexico illegally and try to stay there. They put in you in prison, they don't just send you back as we do in the USA. Maybe we ought to adopt that same policy, might cut down on the illegal immigration.
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11-10-2009 @5:47PM kevin said... You should always be nice to the people who make and serve your food.
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11-18-2009 @8:56AM cc said... I can't believe i am reading some of the ignorant statements on here. seriously, this is a food blog, which includes food that originates from mexico and all parts of the world.
it's mind boggling how some people can be so racist, even when they enjoy the foods from cultures they are being racist again.
the whole point of the story is the sick act of a former employee. it doesn't matter what race or nationality they are. it could have been anyone. if any of you have worked in any part of the food service industry, you will know that employees of all races, nationalities, political parties, religions, and both genders can do equally terrible acts to a patron's food.
and another point of about jobs. if you are complaining about how "they are taking our jobs", then you should be focusing your anger on the american companies that hire them.
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