South Texas man arrested again for trying to have sex with a horse: police

Cirilo Castillo Jr., a 45-year-old Alamo resident with a history of performing sexual acts on horses, was found injured in a barn in Edinburg at around 7 am. Feb. 17 when the barn's owner fed her horses, according to a Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office news release. Investigators believe a horse kicked Castillo as he tried to perform a sex act, causing the injury. less Cirilo Castillo Jr., a 45-year-old Alamo resident with a history of performing sexual acts on horses, was found injured in a barn in Edinburg at around 7 am. Feb. 17 when the barn's owner fed her horses, ... more Photo: Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office Photo: Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office Image 1 of / 42 Caption Close South Texas man arrested again for trying to have sex with a horse: police 1 / 42 Back to Gallery

A South Texas man with a history of having sex with horses broke his leg while attempting to perform another sexual act on a horse in February.

Cirilo Castillo Jr., 45, was found injured in a barn in Edinburg at around 7 a.m. on Feb. 17 when the barn's owner fed her horses, according to a Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office news release.

Castillo, who had previously been warned to stay away from the barn following a prior arrest for having sex with the woman's horses, told the woman and investigators that he had been hit by a car and crawled to the barn for shelter.

Investigators believe the horse kicked Castillo, causing the injury.

The 45-year-old was charged with criminal trespassing, a Class B misdemeanor punishable by up to 180 days in jail. He was arraigned June 3 before Hidalgo County Justice of the Peace Charlie Espinoza, who set his bond at $1,000.

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Castillo has served two sentences for past sexual incidents involving horses: he was arrested in June 2013 after he tied up a horse named Nadia and had performed sexual acts on her. He received five years probation on a charge of cruelty to animals for the offense, The McAllen Monitor reported.

Castillo had repeatedly sought the same horse, causing her owner to install a security camera in the horse's corral, Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Trevino said at the time.

"We have a hell of a surveillance tape," Trevino said. "It is not going to go to, 'America's Funniest Videos,' that is for sure."

Castillo was also sentenced to 270 days in jail for public lewdness in September 2012 stemming from another incident involving a horse, the Monitor reported.

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