Mexican National Sentenced forSmuggling Protected Sea Turtles

From: U.S. Newswire | Date: April 25, 2008 | Copyright information

To: NATIONAL EDITORS

Contact: U.S. Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs, +1- 202-514-2008, TDD, +1-202-514-1888

WASHINGTON, April 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Carlos Leal Barragan, of Ciudad Guzman, Mexico, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado to serve 16 months in prison and three years supervised release in connection with his sale and smuggling of internationally protected sea turtle skins and sea turtle products from Mexico to th...

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