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Oxnard man smuggled baby crocodiles, among 1,700 reptiles, gets 5 years
Jose Manuel Perez smuggled over 1,700 reptiles, including baby crocodiles, worth more than $739,000 into the U.S. from Mexico and Hong Kong using social media. He received a 5-year prison sentence for the trafficking.
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