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Two plead guilty to illegal smuggling of sea cucumbers in California

The two defendants were arrested in June for a conspiracy to import sea cucumbers into the US from Mexico illegally that happened between 2017 and 2019

By Undercurrent News | Sept. 12, 2023 13:28 BST
A pin marks the city of San Diego, California. Image by Dmitrijs Kaminskis / Shutterstock.
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A US woman and a Mexican man have pleaded guilty in a San Diego, California, federal court to charges that they conspired to illegally import sea cucumbers into the US and could face years in jail.  [...]

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