{"id":282296,"date":"2026-04-23T17:14:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T17:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/282296\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T17:14:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T17:14:46","slug":"tacos-el-cabezon-owner-gives-explanation-after-found-claims-he-was-hospitalized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/282296\/","title":{"rendered":"Tacos El Cabezon owner gives &#8220;explanation&#8221; after found, claims he was hospitalized"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 The owner of Tacos El Cabezon, Armando Arias Jr., has posted an \u201cexplanation\u201d of the <a href=\"https:\/\/kmph.com\/news\/local\/missing-persons-report-filed-for-tacos-el-cabezon-owner-amid-recent-507000-judgment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">recent drama surrounding him on social media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On Instagram, the owner posted text saying he had been hospitalized at Fresno Community Hospital,<\/p>\n<p>In the post he apologizes to anybody who was worries and says he \u201cjust needed some time to recover\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you to everyone who reached out and showed concern for me. I truly appreciate it. I was hospitalized at Fresno Community since last Wednesday, but by the grace of God I was released today. I&#8217;m sorry if anyone thought I was missing &#8211; I wasn&#8217;t. I just needed some time to recover. To those who spoke good about me and even those who spoke bad, I still send love to you all. God bless everyone.<\/p>\n<p>Drama surrounded Arias last week after he was reported missing.<\/p>\n<p>[RELATED]<a href=\"https:\/\/kmph.com\/news\/local\/fresno-county-issues-cease-and-desist-closing-tacos-el-cabezon-at-shaw-and-maroa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Fresno County issues cease-and-desist, closing Tacos El Cabezon at Shaw and Maroa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>His business located in Downtown Fresno was closed, phone lines were disconnected, and customers were asking nearby businesses what happened.<\/p>\n<p>Days later, the Fresno Police Department confirmed that he was found, not giving much detail besides the fact that he was alive.<\/p>\n<p>A post was also found on Facebook marketplace showing his food truck for rent.<\/p>\n<p>FOX26 later learned a judgment against Arias Jr. was filed in Fresno County Superior Court stemming from an Ohio lawsuit in which Arias was ordered to pay more than half a million dollars.<\/p>\n<p>An attorney told FOX26 Arias took out a loan and failed to pay it back.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>JOIN THE CONVERSATION (2)<\/p>\n<p>At his Shaw and Maroa location, the logo was taken down, and a notice was found posted on the property stating Arias owed $8,500 in unpaid rent for February and March.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 The owner of Tacos El Cabezon, Armando Arias Jr., has posted an \u201cexplanation\u201d of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":282297,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":{"0":"post-282296","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fresno","8":"tag-fresno","9":"tag-fresno-headlines","10":"tag-fresno-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282296\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/282297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}