An El Paso man was sentenced to 20 months in jail for smuggling a foreign turtle and other reptiles from Mexico into the U.S., officials announced in a Thursday Justice Department press release.
Alejandro Carrillo, 62, acknowledged his involvement in a trafficking wildlife that was brought into the U.S. from Mexico through El Paso, the press release said. Carrillo took multiple reptiles, worth approximately $1,650, from a Juarez, Mexico supplier to his El Paso house, re-packaged and sent the animals to an Oklahoma customer on Sept. 22, 2016.
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