Federal agents seized a phone, bags of cash and computers from a Colorado Springs restaurant on Wednesday in what appears to be a money laundering investigation, according to witnesses and court documents.

The Drug Enforcement Administration raided El Ranchito, 3950 Airport Road, and El Ranchito #2, 3815 Maizeland Road. Both are restaurant-grocery stores east of Academy Boulevard.

"It seems like they're trying to accuse us of money laundering or drugs, but there's absolutely nothing illegal going on here," said David Heurta, an accountant for the business. "It's just harassment."

The Gazette obtained a sealed search warrant for the second location that authorized law enforcement to obtain any "records, documents, physical items and proceeds from March 1, 2024, to the present found withi

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