If you needed visual proof that modern taqueros are under siege from all sides, this chilling video of anti-taco bandits robbing a taco truck should be enough. Taco truck patrons can do little but watch as these armed robbers take a night's worth of hard-earned scratch, and the trucks employees bravely remain calm under extreme duress with guns at their heads.
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