Originally published March 20, 2014<br /><br />Check out our official website: http://us.tomonews.net/<br />Check out our Android app: http://goo.gl/PtT6VD<br />Check out our iOS app: http://bit.ly/1gO3z1f<br /><br />------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />Four people were arrested on suspicion of running a human smuggling ring after police on Wednesday found more than 100 people from Central America and Mexico being warehoused in Texas in what investigators have called "deplorable conditions."<br /><br />According to Reuters, as many as 93 men and 15 women were being held in a 204 square meter house, cramped into trash-filled rooms and with access to only one bathroom and no hot water. <br /><br />The people, many of them dressed only in their underwear, were primarily from Guatemala, Mexico, Honduras and El Salvador.<br /><br />The house, just outside Houston, was found during a search for a 24-year-old woman and her two children that were reported missing by relatives on Tuesday, CBS News reported.<br /><br />The house's windows were covered with plywood, and the doors had locks that could only be opened from the outside.<br /><br />The building was surrounded by land where pigs, geese and hundreds of chickens were being kept. Police believe the chickens were used for illegal cockfighting.<br /> <br />Most of the people found in the house were in good health except for a pregnant woman who was taken to hospital, Fox News Latino reported. <br /><br />The people arrested had been expected to appear before a U.S. magistrate judge, but no court filings detailing the alleged crime of human smuggling has appeared in federal court by late Wednesday afternoon, Reuters reported. <br /><br />Houston sits about seven hours from the Mexican border, making it a popular route for immigrant, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesman Greg Palmore was quoted by CBS News as saying.<br /><br />------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />Welcome to TomoNews, where we animate
