Danny Trejo was concerned in a brawl that broke out Thursday throughout a Fourth of July parade after a water balloon was thrown in his course.
The Machete star was a visitor of honor and driving in a classic convertible as a part of the Sunland-Tujunga Rotary Membership’s Annual 4th of July Parade in Sunland, California. However in line with a number of studies, a spectator threw a water balloon on the convertible, bringing the parade to a screeching halt.
Video footage circulating on social media exhibits the 80-year-old actor step out of the automobile and confront a person. Punches had been then thrown, and Trejo was knocked to the bottom, triggering a full-on melee. You possibly can see within the video one other man later recognized as Mario, Trejo’s greatest pal, additionally get knocked down. Mario later seems bloodied with an enormous lower on his face.
The mud in the end settled because of bystanders de-escalating the brawl. It has been reported that police — who had been close by patrolling the parade — arrived shortly after the brawl ended. Trejo selected to not press prices.
In keeping with one eyewitness who spoke to ABC7, throwing water balloons at automobiles within the parade is kind of a convention, nevertheless it’s understood that water balloons are to not be thrown on the nicer automobiles, which is what apparently set off Trejo.
It has been a tough week for Trejo. Earlier this week, the actor shared on Instagram that he misplaced his chihuahua, Dixie Wixie. He shared a photograph of his pooch on Instagram and captioned the put up, “Maintain your infants tight for me please. Right this moment I misplaced my little Dixie Wixie.”
Trejo is understood for showing in such movies as Desperado, Warmth, From Nightfall until Daybreak, Con Air and As soon as Upon a Time in Mexico. However he is greatest identified for starring as Isador “Machete” Cortez within the Robert Rodriguez and Ethan Maniquis-directed movies Machete and its sequel, Machete Kills.
The actor, who can also be the face behind the favored Los Angeles institutions Trejo’s Tacos and Trejo’s Cantina, has been open about his sobriety and doing arduous time in jail. He is been sober since 1968, only one yr earlier than he was launched from jail. Since then, Trejo’s devoted his life to serving others.
Trejo’s life story impressed the 2019 Brett Harvey documentary. Two years later, Trejo debuted his memoir, Trejo: My Lifetime of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood.Â
“All I can say is that the ebook was simply an avenue to freedom, full freedom, as a result of we’re solely as sick as our secrets and techniques, that is it,” he advised ET in 2021. “All I did was, I simply let go of lot of secrets and techniques that I had by no means mentioned with anyone, my mother, my dad, that form of stuff.”
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