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va - SA“ 44-2889 "The Chief Deputy then left for Pecos. We proceeded north to a point about 10 or 15 miles south of Pecos where we were met by the Chief Deputy in a pick-up truck, and he took about 10 people fron my truck. Two U. S. Border Patrol cars and two deputies cars escorted us. “Upon arrival at the courthouse, the Chief Deputy used rough language towards us and herded us around during the processing. “After processing we were placed in the cells. One of the little girls was placed with some of the men in acell. Her father was in the cell. The deputies removed her from that cell and placed her with the other children. “We arrived at the courthouse at about 11:30 AM but were not fed lunch because the Chief Deputy said we were yelling too much, “We were fed supper. We were not fed break- fast on July 24, 1975, because the Chief Deputy said we had yelled too much during the night. We were fed lunch on July 24, 1975. "We were never advised of our rights, even during the time we were arraigned. “Benny Pena and I were singled out to fill out the personal background sheets. We refused to fill them out at first, but did so after talking to our attorney, Jim Harrington. Nobody else was required to completely fill out the forms. “We were released at about 5:00 ym, on July 24, 1975, on $400 bond each. I feel that the bond was excessive. "The children had been kept in jail for about three hours on the first day, and were released to the Catholic Priest, Father Jose Valadez, Pecos, Texas, pending release of their parents. 2