CHINO, Calif., March 22, 2008
Slaughterhouse Animal Abuser Gets 6 Mos.
Video Of Abuse Led To Largest Beef Recall; Worker Will Be Deported After Serving Time
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Undercover video shows sickened cows, too weak to walk, being jabbed with forklift blades, kicked, shocked and even sprayed in the face with powerful jets of water by workers at the Hallmark Meat Packing Company in Chino, California. (CBS/The Humane Society)
Rafael Sanchez Herrera pleaded guilty to three misdemeanor counts of animal abuse in a San Bernardino County Superior Court on Friday.
Under the plea deal the 34-year-old Sanchez will be deported to his native Mexico after serving jail time.
A conviction on the three charges might have meant three years in jail.
The video shows Herrera and other workers at the Westland/Hallmark Meat Company dragging sick cows with metal chains and forklifts, shocking them with electric prods and shooting streams of water in their nose and faces.
It led to the largest beef recall in U.S. history.
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