SAN ANTONIO – The San Antonio Police Department has confirmed that seven people were arrested Thursday night as part of a prostitution bust on the city's west side.
The suspects, who range in age from 25 to 67, are accused of approaching undercover female SAPD officers at the corner of El Paso Street and S. Zarzamora Street and offering payment in exchange for various sex acts, according to booking information provided to the KSAT 12 Defenders.
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Samuel Coronado, Vicente Perez, Israel Salas-Becerra, Benancio Martinez, Javier Trejo, Xavier Soto and Carlos Silva face a misdemeanor charge of prostitution.
Coronado and Trejo were also booked on outstanding municipal court warrants.
Perez faces an additional charge of misdemeanor marijuana possession.
Additional details from SAPD's Vice squad were unavailable Friday.
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