Woman pleads guilty to poisoning salsa at restaurant - Kansas City.com

Woman pleads guilty to poisoning salsa at restaurant - Kansas City.com

Yini De La Torre, 19, of Shawnee has pleaded guilty to charges that she poisoned the salsa at Mi Ranchito in Lenexa, where she worked as a waitress, the U.S. Attorney for Kansas reports. De La Torre's husband is still set to stand trial for the alleged plot, which was intended as revenge against the restaurant owner, prosecutors allege. From the release:

In her plea, De La Torre said her husband and co-defendant Arnoldo Bazan worked for a Mi Ranchito restaurant in Olathe until June 27, 2009. Bazan believed the owner of the Mi Ranchito chain was responsible for Bazan being suspended from employment and the theft of Bazan’s vehicle. Bazan hatched a plot with De La Torre to get even with the owner of the restaurant by poisoning the patrons of Mi Ranchito.

During July 2009, the owner of the Mi Ranchito restaurant reported to the Overland Park Police Department that Bazan was stalking him. On Aug. 7, 2009, a message was sent to the restaurant’s Web site threatening harm! if Bazan’s vehicle were not returned. On Aug. 28, 2009, before the second poisoning incident, Bazan sent word to the owner of the restaurant through a family member that “the worst is yet to come."