Knox County Residents Protest Sunday Against Federal Raid at Panchos Tacos

Knox County residents protest Sunday against federal raid at Panchos Tacos

MOUNT VERNON — About 120 people protested Sunday in Mount Vernon’s Public Square against a recent federal law enforcement operation at Panchos Tacos. The Knox Socialist League organized the protest from 1 to 3 p.m. through its Facebook page, opposing a Thursday operation by Homeland Security Investigations. “We saw what happened [at Panchos Tacos] and […] The post Knox County residents protest Sunday against federal raid at Panchos Tacos appeare…

Protesting immigrant raids in Mt Vernon, Ohio

Armed federal agents violently attacked and assaulted the owner and some workers of Panchos Tacos restaurant in downtown Mount Vernon, Ohio on Thursday, October 9, 2025. The attackers were not ICE, but rather Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). They appear to be related, and their tactics were similar, as they violently assaulted and kidnapped brown-skinned people trying to come to work. When the owner drove up to his restaurant with one of …

Homeland Security raids Central Ohio Mexican restaurant ‘based on a tip…of undocumented immigrants’

Last Thursday afternoon, federal agents conducted a raid at a Central Ohio Mexican restaurant. The City of Mount Vernon initially released a statement that ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) raided Pancho’s Tacos in Mount Vernon, and that the police department and the city’s law director “did not receive communication or coordination from ICE officials regarding… Source