LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) -- At least four restaurants and one apartment complex in central Arkansas have been shut down immediately due to the housing of "unauthorized/undocumented illegal aliens."
After the Department of Homeland Security and local law enforcement served search warrants last week, four locations of El Tres Amigos remain closed indefinitely.
The affidavit states probable cause for the arrest of Jose Ruben Valerio-Saldana, the manager of the four restaurants in Stone, White, Independence and Cleburne Counties.
He states that he and his associates were "engaged in the employment and housing of unauthorized/undocumented illegal aliens."
Additional information shows Valerio-Saldana himself is an illegal alien from Mexico.
The Department of Finance and Administration shows there are no tax records for him from 2007 to 2010.
The Social Security Administration verified he's not been issued a valid social security number.
What does this mean for the restaurants? The place formerly touted the "Best Mexican Food in Town" is now under an extra close eye of the Federal government.
Cherith Beck with the U.S. Attorney General's office in Little Rock says Valerio Saldana is in custody in Arkansas and now they take the evidence before the Grand Jury for indictment in the Eastern District of Arkansas.
This will happen before the end of November.