Wild scene as protesters trap federal agents in taco shop parking lot; multiple arrests made
Up to 200 demonstrators surround ICE team executing search warrants at Mexican restaurant in Tucson
By Michael Ruiz Fox News
Published December 5, 2025 6:02pm EST
EXCLUSIVE: TUCSON, Ariz. — Protesters swarmed a Mexican restaurant in Tucson, Arizona, Friday morning, briefly locking a group of federal agents in a gated parking lot as they were executing a search warrant as part of a sprawling tax and immigration fraud investigation.
It happened outside a Taco Giro restaurant on North Grande Avenue in Tucson. A SWAT team responded after protesters surrounded the feds and allegedly used a bike lock to block the exit with agents inside.
"Special agents and officers from ICE Homeland Security Investigations, IRS Criminal Investigation and other federal partners are executing 16 search warrants in southern Arizona as part of a yearslong investigation into immigration and tax violations," an ICE spokesperson told Fox News Digital.
"Multiple individuals are in custody."
More information is expected to be released soon, he added.
Authorities arrived at the restaurant around 9 a.m. It wasn't open yet. Between 100 and 200 protesters began gathering outside an hour later, chanting "Go home ICE" and other slogans, some including profanity.
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