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SOUTH LOS ANGELES (KABC) — <\/span>The owner and chef of a popular South Los Angeles restaurant is in ICE custody and facing deportation, putting his future and that of his business on the line.<\/p>\n

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Video captured the moment Chef Carlos Lool was taken into custody by masked agents on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n

“This is heartbreaking. Every single person who’s had a family member or someone that they love taken from them by ICE – it is so sad and humiliating,” said Jenna Lawrence, Lool’s business partner and girlfriend.<\/p>\n

Lawrence says they were followed by agents while picking up supplies for a catering event over the weekend.<\/p>\n

“They yanked him out of the car. They had him on the floor. They yanked me back and pulled out their guns and then they took him.”<\/p>\n

For customers in Hyde Park, Chef Carlos is more than just a business owner. He’s the face of La Granja Rotisserie and Fuego Rotisserie – known for his food and also years of mentoring young chefs in South L.A.<\/p>\n

He also has a criminal conviction from Connecticut dating back about 30 years – a crime he served time for.<\/p>\n

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“To think that he’s not gonna be here caring for everything that he dreamed about building in this country is just devastating.”<\/p>\n

Lawrence says the investigation started after a former employee reported the restaurant to authorities, claiming there was a gun inside the business – a violation of Lool’s parole.<\/p>\n

Lawrence says it was needed for protection.<\/p>\n

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“We’re in a tough neighborhood. We have been robbed. We constantly have people breaking windows and jumping over the fence.”<\/p>\n

Now, with Lool detained and possibly days away from deportation, his employees and family are left wondering what happens next.<\/p>\n

“He’s been in this country. His kids are here. It’s just a lot and it’s very overwhelming… and he doesn’t have his clothes, no cell phone, no computer – and we own businesses. We’re just getting deeper and deeper in a hole because he’s being deported.”<\/p>\n

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