Victims Rescued After Being Held Against Their Will
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FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) - Irving police arrested seven people for various charges on Tuesday, and rescued nearly 30 victims who were being held against their will at what employees called a rehabilitation facility for alcohol and drug dependency.
Police said that they were called to a location where a Hispanic male was being held against his will. He told police that he had been beaten and bound to a chair for days at a time and fed only Ramen noodles.
Police said the victims showed signs of physical and mental abuse and indicated that there were other facilities in Fort Worth.
When Fort Worth police arrived to a location on Brentwood Stair Road, they found 11 additional victims and arrested three suspects. Police say the victims were Hispanic and spoke little to no English, and discovered that some of the victims had been taken to the facilities by family members for alcohol and/or drug rehabilitation; some had been kidnapped and held against their will.
Police described the conditions inside the facilities and the treatment of the "patients" as medieval and barbaric. Patients who were "good" were allowed five minutes to eat beans, rice, and potatoes one day a week, and the victims' beds were made of wooden two-by-fours.
Fort Worth Police Victim Assistance arranged safe lodging for the women at Safe Haven, and The Salvation Army agreed to take the men.
The three Fort Worth suspects facing kidnapping and aggravated kidnapping have been identified as Adolfo Tello, 60; Ricardo Rodriguez Taylor, 21; and Rodrigo Soto Gonzalez, 23.
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