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Inset: Giraldo Caraballo (Miami-Dade County Corrections and Rehabilitation). Background: The area near where Caraballo allegedly threatened a churro seller in Miami, Fla. (Google Maps).
Authorities in Florida have recently apprehended a man for allegedly making threats against a churro vendor, according to state law enforcement reports. The incident has drawn significant attention due to its unusual nature.
Giraldo Caraballo, aged 60, faces charges of aggravated assault. This information comes from the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office, which detailed the charges following the incident.
The confrontation took place in early November 2025, at the intersection of Southwest 195th Terrace and 127th Avenue, located in the South Miami Heights area. This neighborhood became the backdrop for the unusual dispute.
According to reports from a criminal complaint and arrest affidavit acquired by Law&Crime, the churro vendor was conducting his business from a trailer when Caraballo, a local resident, approached him. The situation quickly escalated from a verbal disagreement about the vendor’s churro sales.
As described in the charging documents, “The verbal exchange concerning the churro sales turned heated, leading the accused to retrieve an aluminum bat from his vehicle.” This escalation marked a turning point in the altercation, necessitating law enforcement intervention.
After getting the bat out of his Ford F-250, Caraballo allegedly said: “If you are here in fifteen minutes, I am going to kill you like a dog,” while he held the bat “in an aggressive manner.”
The churro vendor told investigators he was “in fear for his life” at the time of the incident, according to the criminal complaint.
Caraballo returned “a short time” later, according to the sheriff’s office. The defendant allegedly told the vendor something to the effect of: “Oh! You are still here? I am coming back.”
After this second interaction, the vendor filed a police report “because he was afraid for his safety,” according to law enforcement.
The defendant was subsequently arrested and transported to a local police station, the sheriff’s office said. There, he was read his Miranda rights in Spanish by way of a form and “invoked his rights and did not talk” about the incident, according to the criminal complaint.
The charging document does not account for the lengthy delay between the initial arrest by police and the charges filed by sheriff’s deputies – but notes that police did not speak with Caraballo about the incident. Another note in the document says there was no officer-worn body camera footage of the arrest.
“The defendant was charged accordingly,” the complaint reads.
Caraballo was detained in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center and posted $5,000 bond the next day, records show.
There are currently no scheduled court dates in the case, according to Miami-Dade court records reviewed by Law&Crime.