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Taco Truck Busted for Serving Food With ‘a Side of Meth’

Two dime bags to go, please.
Two dime bags to go, please. Photo: Colorado State Attorney General

Authorities in Colorado say they’ve shut down an aspiring Gus Fring whose 17-person meth operation made at least some of its sales via a Denver taco truck. The Colorado attorney general’s office alleges that a member of the group, Oscar Ruvalcaba, would run as many as 55 pounds of drugs at a time from Mexico to Denver, whereupon he’d distribute it Juan Carlos Gonzalez. Gonzales would then distribute them to other group, including Maria Arellano, who allegedly sold the meth out of El Paisa Taco Truck alongside tortas and burritos on handmade tortillas. “The brazenness of this ring was astounding,” Attorney General John Suthers said in a statement. “Customers could literally walk up to a food truck and order a side of meth with their taco.” [KUSA]

Taco Truck Busted for Serving Food With ‘a Side of Meth’