Mexican authorities have arrested seven members of a human trafficking ring that promised to smuggle migrants into the US but instead held them ransom.

A Thursday night raid at a safe house in the state of Baja California led to the rescue of two migrants being held by the gang,

Law enforcement agents arrested six men, who have only been identified by their first names: Pablo Iván, Sergio, Marco Antonio, Juan Carlos, Guillermo Raúl and Pedro Antonio.

Authorities also apprehended one woman, who was identified as Berenice.

Mexican law enforcement agents carried out a raid at a safe house in Mexicali, a city in the state of Baja California, and arrested six men and a woman suspected of leading a human trafficking ring that charged migrants $12,000 for illegally crossing into the United States before they kidnapped them and held them for ransom until their families paid up.

A Google map shows the home (bottom right) that two migrants were saved during a raid Thursday in Mexicali, a Mexican city located south of California

The suspects operated out of the General Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada International Airport in Mexicali.

They would zero in on unsuspecting people and sold them on the idea of illegally transporting them across the southern United States border where they could reach the American dream.

The criminal gang charged the victims $12,000 with the promise dropping off everyone at the homes of their families in the U.S.

However, once the proposal was accepted, the smugglers would completely flip the plans when it finally came down to smuggling them into California, according to official reports.

A February raid in Mexicali resulted in the rescue of nine migrants (pictured) who were also sequestered inside a different stash house. It is unknown if both cases are related

The human traffickers would then request phone numbers from the migrants.

Upon reaching out to their family members, the victims were threatened and handcuffed until their relatives came up with the ransom request.

In February, Mexican officials arrested two men after they kidnapped nine migrants, who had their hopes set on making it into the United States.

It is unknown if both cases are related.