American men smuggle 1,700 wild animals with an amount of over 700,000 US dollars, or they will face 20 years of imprisonment

【Source: Nine Pai News】

According to foreign media reports on the 25th, the 30 -year -old man in California, U.S., Herse Manuel Perez, smuggled more than 1,700 wild animals to the United States, and hid 60 reptiles in his clothes once. Two smuggling crimes and one of the crime of one wildlife trafficking are confessed.

Prosecutors said that from 2016 to February this year, Perez and his associates used social media to smuggle animal animals from Mexico and Hong Kong. According to a statement from the U.S. Department of Justice, most of them are reptiles, including Ucartan box turtles, Mexican box turtles, little crocodiles and Mexican beaded lizards.

In addition, Perez personally went to Mexico to take away three big bags of animals. On February 25, he was arrested when he entered the United States. When he was arrested, 60 reptiles were hidden in his clothes bags, of which three reptiles died.

The U.S. Department of Justice stated that according to the International Convention on the International Trade of Endangered Wild and Plant species, it is illegal to import these animals without permission.

The authorities said that Perez paid the transit fee to his associates, transported animals from Mexico to El Pasau in Texas, then transported them to the home of Wensura County, and then sold them to customers from all over the United States. Essence

Authorities estimate that smuggling reptiles are worth about $ 739,000 (about 5 million yuan).

In June, Perez fled to Timener during the bail, but was quickly arrested and returned to China. The case will be pronounced on December 1, and he may face a 20 -year federal prison imprisonment for a number of smuggling.

Jiupai News Intern reporter Liu Yating

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