A California man accused of smuggling thousands of reptiles from Mexico into the US over the the span of six years was charged in the case Thursday — about a month after he was arrested at th…
A California man accused of smuggling thousands of reptiles from Mexico into the US over the the span of six years was charged in the case Thursday — about a month after he was arrested at the southern border with some of the creepy crawlers hidden in his pants.
A superseding indictment filed on Thursday alleged Perez, of Oxnard, Calif., attempted to smuggle the reptiles by tying them up in small bags and stuffing the live animals down his pants.Federal prosecutors allege that Perez and his sister, Stephany, worked with a network of “middlemen” to smuggle more than 1,700 animals into the US from January 2016 to about Feb. 25, 2022, according to the superseding indictment.
The animals were then transported by car to El Paso, Texas by their co-conspirators, who allegedly received “crossing fees” each time they made it through the border with the live animals. The animals were transported to Perez’s residence in Missouri but after he moved to California, the animals were shipped to his home in Oxnard.
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