Four men were arrested in Ascension Parish for organizing a cockfighting ring that involved at least 36 chickens.

Jose Perez, 25 of Geismar, Oscar Fregaso-Solorzano, 33, of Gonzales, Filiberto Banda-Pena, 39, of Houston, and Bryan Saldana, 28, of Gonzales were arrested by Ascension Parish Sheriff's deputies on Nov. 16.

All four were arrested at a location on West Martha’s Vineyard Road in Gonzales, and booked on felony counts of organizing cockfighting. Perez was also charged with 36 felony counts of possessing a chicken or rooster with the intent of using it for cockfighting. Fregaso-Solorzano also had outstanding arrest warrants from a different state.

In 2008, Louisiana became the last state in the nation to outlaw cockfighting. The centuries-old blood sport, still popular in Latin A

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