SAN ANTONIO -- Authorities in Texas have arrested more than 10 people and charged them with animal cruelty
Deputies found a group of people in a garage where one person was cutting up animal parts.
They say another person was draining blood from a chicken into a container. Deputies found additional mutilated animals in the residence, including goat heads and more chickens.
Authorities believe the incident was all part of a ritual sacrifice
The following people were arrested and charged with cruelty to livestock animals. Authorities say the charges could be upgraded at some point:
24-year-old Ivan Felipe Gonzalez
23-year-old Alexander Gene Campos
57-year-old Carmen Maria Gonzalez-Trujillo
40-year-old Luis Rodriguez-Ortiz
55-year-old Roberto Talamantez
39-year-old Ariel Torres Arteaga
64-year-old Irma Garza Talamantez
29-year-old Cynthia Gabriell Martinez
65-year-old Ramon Patino Jr.
56-year-old Liza Mercado
65-year-old Marie Galan Murcia