Human smuggling bust nets two in Dale

DALE, Texas (KXAN) - Bastrop County sheriffs found two captors armed with assault rifles and handguns holding multiple smuggled illegal immigrant against their will and trying to demand money from their families.

Victims said three of the hostages were women who were allegedly sexually assaulted by their captors. The sheriffs were told the hostages went without water and food for three days. There was no air conditioning in the mobile home.

"The temperatures inside that mobile home were well over 120 degrees," said Sheriff Terry Pickering. "No air, nothing, it's like a sweat box."

Investigators found seven hostages stripped down to their underwear. The captors allegedly contacted the hostages' families and demanded money for their release.

Two suspects were identified:

• Nabor Rodriguez-Guillen, 20
• Juan Carlos Sanchez-Camancho, 29

Pickering said he was not clear on where they are from. Each suspect was charged with seven counts of aggravated kidnapping, a first-degree felony. They are each being held on a $700,000 bond.

Six victims from Honduras and El Salvador were identified:

• Bayron Paz, 27
• Josue Edcorado-Gonzalez, 20
• Carlos Antonio Pichinte-Flores, 35
• Nelson Antonio Perez-Coreas, 32
• Olman Eduardo Sierro-Benavidez, 26
• Bayron Arnaldo Barrientos-Rosales, 19
• Leonard Murillo-Avila, 26

A neighbor discovered Bayron Paz asleep in their truck Wednesday morning. The Dale resident called the Bastrop County Sheriff's Office. When the deputy arrived, Paz described the alleged abuse going on inside the mobile home. He said he came to America, along with the others, under the pretense he would get a job.

They were taken to a shelter for food, water and clothes. The Sheriff believes the remaining hostages either escaped, or were taken away in a van at some point and were not present when authorities arrived.