Tijuana, June 26. Around 250 residents of the Libertad neighborhood were involved in a brawl in an attempt to prevent the Saldos KOKO store, located on José María Pino Suárez Avenue, from being searched and seized.
The crowd gathered at the urging of Jazmín Alejandra Sandoval, owner of a business dedicated to selling merchandise from foreign companies, who broadcast live to document the arrival of SAT BC personnel.
Sandoval explained that this operation was in response to an incident she was involved in last week, when a client of hers purchased several products and was detained by SAT BC officials, who also imposed a 20,000-peso fine on her.
“I couldn't stay silent and I made a mess of them with a live video (...) things got heated and they started coming at me because I'm the only winery in Tijuana that has the balls to defend its customers,” she said.
The owner of Saldos KOKO acknowledged that she does not have a permit to import merchandise, but asserted that her business is in compliance. She added that the BC SAT personnel arrived without identifying themselves and without any legal documentation supporting the seizure.
"If they're going to shut me down, let them shut me down. All I need is for them to tell me that what they're doing is legal because none of them identified with me," he said.
Although the establishment had to be closed, its legal representative announced that they will file a complaint with the State Attorney General's Office (FGE) to review the case.
