What do you do when burglars break into your Mexican restaurant? Turn it into an amazing ad promoting just how far people will go to have a taco! That’s what Frijoles & Frescas Grilled Tacos in Las Vegas did using their security camera footage of the burglary.
After failing to break open the front door, the suspects go around back and make their way in.
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The video starts showing the original taco bandit failing to open the front door with a rock.
Once inside, the video shows the guys searching high and low “for tacos.”
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You can see them running through the store “looking for tacos.” They’re actually looking for money in the cash register, but you get the idea.
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They get pretty desperate two minutes into the heist.
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So, the owners of Frijoles & Frescas Grilled Tacos flipped the surveillance footage and made a commercial out of it.
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The burglary happened Decemeber 16. The restaurant and Las Vegas Metro Police are still looking for the “taco thieves.”
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Oh, and the original taco bandit got a little shout out at the end.
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“Someone please teach this guy how to throw a rock.”
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