A California restaurateur was arrested last Tuesday after he allegedly set five properties on fire as part of a years-long crime spree to commit insurance fraud, intimidate his employees, and exact revenge on his sister’s ex-husband.

The alleged pyromaniac, Robert “Bobby” Salazar, 63, owns and operates the eponymous Bobby Salazar’s Taqueria with three locations in central California on top of a line of guacamole and salsa sold at select supercenters, including Walmart and Costco.

His success, though, seems to have come at the cost of his sanity. 6

Salazar allegedly committed a string of arson attacks at five locations between 2020 and 2024, all tied to different unrelated circumstances.

Federal investigators from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives narrowed the

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