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Illegal sale of wildlife over Craigslist sends Houston woman to prison

Special to the AdvanceA 21-year-old woman has been sentenced for selling wildlife, including a spider monkey, in violation of the Lacey Act, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.Savannah Nicole Valdez pleaded guilty Feb. 8, 2023.U.S. District Judge Andrew S. Hanen has now ordered Valdez to serve 15 months in federal prison to be immediately followed by three years of supervised release. The court considered that Valdez was previously sentenced to two years of supervised release for smuggling a monkey into the United States and high-speed flight from an immigration checkpoint. The court revoked her supervised release in that case, and ...

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