LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — A video showing a woman confronting a street vendor in Las Vegas has spread across social media, and the fallout is now affecting businesses that say they have no connection to the incident.
In the video, the woman tells the vendor she cannot sell in the area and threatens to call police and immigration authorities. She also claims to be acting on behalf of La Bonita Supermarkets. La Bonita says that is not true.
‘She wasn’t authorized to speak on our behalf’
Victor Flores Puga, a spokesperson for La Bonita Supermarkets, said the woman in the video had no affiliation with the company.
“She had no standing with us; she wasn’t with the company; she wasn’t authorized to speak on our behalf,” Flores Puga said in Spanish.
Despite that denial, social media users began calling for a boycott of the grocery chain. Flores Puga said people started posting online telling others not to shop at La Bonita.
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East Las Vegas ice cream shop caught in the crossfire
Arely Camarillo, owner of La Michoacana Fresa in East Las Vegas, said her employees began receiving angry phone calls Wednesday from people who believed her stores were connected to the woman in the video.
“They tell me they’re going to come to the store, and if it’s open, they’re going to come and make a mess here,” Camarillo said in Spanish.
Camarillo said her business has no affiliation with the woman seen in the video.
“I have nothing to do with that matter. It’s been affecting my sales a lot,” she said.
California brand also drawn into controversy
The confusion extended beyond Nevada. Ruben Jimenez, founder of La Michoacana Plus — a brand with more than 100 locations — said he discovered the backlash when he checked his phone.
“I check my phone and see total chaos — everyone’s talking about Michoacana Plus, everyone’s talking about the brand, and I’m like, ‘Wait, wait — that location isn’t even ours,’” Jimenez said.
Jimenez said the fallout reached multiple businesses in the ice cream shop industry.
“It wasn’t just my brand that suffered. Other ice cream shops suffered even more; there was a lot of confusion,” he said.
The business owners said they are asking the public to verify information before directing anger at a business based on what is shared online.
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