BALDWIN PARK -- Police have arrested two men accused of human trafficking after 36 suspected illegal immigrants were found inside a Baldwin Park house believed to have been used as a holding cell.
At around 7:00 p.m., officers form the Baldwin Park Police Department say they received a call from an alarmed man claiming to be an illegal immigrant being held against his will.
Arriving officers saw several suspects fleeing the home in the 5000 block of La Rica Road in Baldwin Park.
After an investigation, officers discovered several men, women and one child being held inside the home.
Police believe they had been in the residence for up to one month.
They were smuggled into the country illegally from Mexico and Central America and were being held until family members paid a certain sum of money, Lt. David Reynoso said.
Image from KTLA.com showing officers outside of slave home
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