A woman told a Burger King manager to "return to her Mexican country" for speaking Spanish

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(CNN) - A client told the general manager of a Burger King restaurant in Florida to "return to Mexico" if she wanted to continue speaking in Spanish.

The tense conversation, captured in a video that was published on social networks, shows Ricardo Castillo, of Puerto Rican descent, being reprimanded by two unidentified women while eating at the restaurant in Eustis, 64 kilometers north of Orlando.

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"You are in the United States, you should speak American English," you can hear a woman saying, to which Castillo replies: "No, ma'am, I will not."

“Yes, yes, go back to Mexico if you want to continue speaking in Spanish, go back to your Mexican country, to your state, to your country,” continues the woman.

• No, English is not the official language of the United States

Client Neyzha Borrero, who registered the heated exchange on July 6 and posted it on Facebook, told CNN that the women complained to the manager because he spoke Spanish in front of them.

Before Borrero began recording the video, Castillo was doing some paperwork at a table when one of his employees came in and spoke with him in Spanish, Borrero said.

"The two women were next to the manager, and after the employee left, they told Castillo they wanted to complain."

Thinking it was about food, the manager offered to give them credit or a free dessert, Borrero said. But instead, they said I shouldn't speak Spanish in public because "we are in the United States."

Borrero, who was at Burger King with her boyfriend Oni Martínez, began recording from her seat before approaching the three.

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After being asked to return to Mexico, Castillo can be heard saying, "Guess what lady, I'm not Mexican, I'm not Mexican, but you have a lot of prejudices and I want you out of my restaurant, right now."

The manager threatened to call the police when a woman said she would only leave after finishing her meal.

"People like you, so ignorant and disrespectful," says the manager.

The video ends with the two women leaving the restaurant. CNN has not been able to identify women to seek comments from them.

The Eustis Police Department told CNN in a statement sent via email that it was not involved with the incident. "No agent was called and we were not notified," a police spokeswoman said.

When contacted for comment, Castillo referred CNN to Burger King.

A spokeswoman for Burger King said in a statement to CNN: “There is no place for discrimination in our restaurants. We expect employees and customers to be treated with respect. This incident happened in a franchise restaurant and the owner is investigating the case. ”

Borrero said the women did not return and that the manager was calm after the exchange. “We applaud him because they never disrespected him. It was very professional, ”said Borrero.

He added that it is not the first time he has witnessed this type of episode. "Unfortunately, it is something that happens every day," he said.

“I have witnessed many similar situations. It even happened to me, ”said Borrero, who is from Puerto Rico.

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