I didn't know $3 Damsel fish is protected species and can't be exported. Both person Jailed for 6 months.
"When agents intercepted a package sent by a Miami husband and wife to Bogota, Colombia, they found a menagerie of undeclared wildlife.
They seized black cellophane-wrapped boxes on March 3, 2015, at Miami International Airport’s Airmail Facility. Inside were rare elkhorn, frogspawn, and green leather corals, alongside vulnerable giant clams, puffer fish, and damsel fish.
Prosecutors say the shipment’s owners, Alvaro Cortes and Olga Rodriguez, were at the center of a wider conspiracy to traffic internationally protected marine wildlife.
The pair dispute the charges. On Tuesday, two of their alleged co-conspirators were sentenced to six months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Darrin Gayles for trafficking in wildlife.
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"When agents intercepted a package sent by a Miami husband and wife to Bogota, Colombia, they found a menagerie of undeclared wildlife.
They seized black cellophane-wrapped boxes on March 3, 2015, at Miami International Airport’s Airmail Facility. Inside were rare elkhorn, frogspawn, and green leather corals, alongside vulnerable giant clams, puffer fish, and damsel fish.
Prosecutors say the shipment’s owners, Alvaro Cortes and Olga Rodriguez, were at the center of a wider conspiracy to traffic internationally protected marine wildlife.
The pair dispute the charges. On Tuesday, two of their alleged co-conspirators were sentenced to six months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Darrin Gayles for trafficking in wildlife.
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https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/c...0200226-chdqks7vrjafhcxwzpzpjtcfgq-story.html
