Perez’s co-conspirators were paid a fee for each border crossing.
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Drew Pittock,
USA Today,
30 May 2026
From January 2016 to February 2022, Perez and co-conspirators brought in wild animals without the permits required by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora — and without declaring them, the Justice Department said.
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