An Ecuadoran man told investigators he was held in an 800-square-foot Baldwin Park house while his captors demanded $2,500 above the $10,500 he had already paid to be smuggled into the United States.

Another man came from New York to pay $12,000 for the release of his 12-year-old son sequestered in the house. Smugglers then kidnapped the man and demanded another $1,000 from his family for his release.

These were among the stories emerging Friday after 35 illegal immigrants were found in the house Thursday after one of them managed to get a cellphone and called 911.

Baldwin Park officers arrived at the house to find two men running away. Officers detained one of the two, and found a third inside the house.

The suspected smugglers from Guatemala were identified as Ismael Carrillo Castaneda, 20, and Edwin Francisco, 18. They are held in LA County jail on immigration holds.

The men are held without bail on immigration warrants and could be charged with various felonies.