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RUSK COUNTY, Texas (KLTV) - Four people are behind bars after deputies found 56 dead roosters on a Rusk County property.
Rusk County deputies responded to a property off FM 839 in the Reklaw area Saturday after receiving information about cockfighting.
There, they found 56 dead roosters as well as other material used in cockfighting, according to release.
Eleven roosters were found still alive and seized from the property.
Crystal Velazquez, 21, Gerardo Rangel 47, Christopher Juarez, 19, and Francisco Guerrero, 57, all face felony charges of cockfighting and misdemeanor charges evading arrest.