The latest incident in L.A. County’s taco turf wars occurred last Thursday night in Long Beach.
In a series of eight videos posted by Tacos La Juquilita, a street taco stand located at 6595 Atlantic Avenue, the owner of La Taquería Brand, local taquería chain with five locations, appears to grab and smash a phone belonging to one of the taco stand’s employees as they recorded the altercation.
In the video, a person talking on a cellphone, alleged to be the owner of La Taquería Brand, quietly strides up to the person recording the video, grabs it, and presumably smashes the phone onto the ground, making the posted video blur out as it cuts off.
In a separate video posted that same day on Tacos La Juquilita’s Instagram account, the business accuses staff behind the soon-to-open fifth location of La Taquería Brand of setting up yellow caution tape over the portion of the sidewalk where Tacos La Juquilita set up months before.