The Miami Herald is reporting that two individuals have been arrested in connection with the murders of horses in the Miami-Dade area.

Santiago Cabrera, a 19-year-old from Hialeah, was arrested September 21 and charged with armed burglary, animal cruelty, killing a registered breed horse and breaking or injuring a fence. The prior week, police arrested Luis Miguel Cordero, 18, on similar charges, reported the Herald.

The two suspects were part of a group involved in slaughtering horses at two different ranches and then selling the meat. Two other suspects are still at large.

``I'm very relieved that we have another arrest,'' Jeanette Jordan, president of the South Florida SPCA told the Herald. ``But I'm stunned that these guys are so young and I'm heartsick about it.''