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