Bobby Salazar must pay his $1 million bond by his next federal court date or return to jail.

That was the order of U.S. Magistrate Judge Erica Grosjean at a hearing Thursday on Salazar’s finances, his bond, and continued representation by a public defender.

Salazar returns to court on Sept. 29.

The owner of the popular salsa brand and restaurants that bear his name is accused of two arson counts related to a 2024 fire that destroyed his Blackstone Avenue location. He also faces a separate illegal gun charge stemming from a warrant search of his home.

Prosecutors accuse Salazar of hiring a leader of a motorcycle club to torch his restaurant. Salazar filed an insurance claim and received more than $980,000.

He denied the charges at a prior hearing.

“I don’t understand how he was releas

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