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Sheriff had no idea HSI agents were going to raid Liberty restaurant

Homeland Security agents were seen at El Potro Mexican Restaurant in Liberty, where they removed 12 employees during a work site enforcement check on Friday morning.
The Clay County Sheriff, Will Akin, stated he was surprised federal partners did not notify him about the operation and confirmed the removal of the employees.
The restaurant's general manager reported that agents left with two boxes of employment papers but did not provide a search warrant or receipt.
El Potro remained open after the incident, with the general manager moving employees from other locations to cover shifts.

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Fox 4 Kansas City

Sheriff had no idea HSI agents were going to raid Liberty restaurant

LIBERTY, Mo. -- Video from Friday morning showed Homeland Security agents inside El Potro Mexican Café in Liberty. Clay County Sheriff Will Akin had no idea they had any sort of operation planned until a friend told him about it. Louisiana woman arrested following Kansas City reporter’s death in New Orleans “He goes, ‘Will, what do I do? They’re over at El Potro and they're conducting a,’ and I'm going to put this in air quotes, ‘raid on t…

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Video and pictures show Homeland Security agents at El Potro Mexican Restaurant in Liberty Friday morning.

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Twelve employees were removed from a popular Mexican restaurant in Liberty by authorities with Homeland Security Investigations on Friday morning, according to the Clay County Sheriff's Office.

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