It was exactly 10:33 P.M. when the taquero from Tacos El Delicioso texted: “Apenas nos asaltaron a nosotros,” (“They just robbed us,”) to the other street vendors who are part of South L.A. Emergency's group chat, created by street vendor advocate Edin Alex Enamorado.
The taquero said the entire encounter was captured on their surveillance cameras. Footage that he immediately sent to the group chat to alert all vendors about what happened, and also warning them to be on the lookout for the men in the videos.
In the security footage, the taco stand is seen operating on 92nd and Central Avenue when, at 10:27 P.M., two men are spotted approaching the stand. The men are described as two black males, both wearing different colored hoodies.
Once they approached the stand, the men did what many people do when robbing a street vendor, they first posed as customers.
“They asked for two tacos and mulitas and when I was writing down their order, I asked what kind of meat did they want, and they said asada," the vendor told Enamorado on an Instagram Live video. "As I kept writing down their order, the one in the grey sweater took out the gun. That’s when he said give me the money.”