at the restaurant became sick after eating salsa on August 11 and 30 of
last year.
A total of 48 people fell ill after the poisonings,
suffering nausea, abdominal
cramps, weakness, sweating and discomfort.
Ryan Selleck, 18, is on meds for asthma, anxiety and depression. If that wasn't enough, he has flashbacks to the poisoning.
"Every once in awhile I'll have nightmares of that day. ThenRyan's mom, Angela Selleck, recalled her 2-year-old daughter getting sick.I'll wake up thinking it's real and it scares me so much," said Ryan.
"I was in a panic. I was holding her, all of a sudden her body became limp. Her eyes went in the back of her head."Angela Selleck and her husband, Rob,
are both being treated for anxiety and other medical problems. Rob
blames Mi Ranchito's "owner for not taking action sooner to try to
prevent the mass poisoning."
Mi Ranchito's insurance covered the
family's medical bills for a year but Ryan's having a helluva time
finding an insurance company that will cover him.
In February, a former Mi Ranchito waitress pleaded guilty in federal court to poisoning salsa served to customers. Yini De La Torre, 19, admitted that she added Methomyl-based pesticide to salsa on two occasions and pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to tamper with a consumer product.
De La Torre admitted that she and her husband and co-defendant, Arnoldo Bazan,
wanted to get revenge on the restaurant's owner and hurt the
restaurant's business by poisoning customers because Bazan believed the
restaurant's owner cost him a job at the Olathe Mi Ranchito.
H/T: KSHB Channel 41.
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