Couple is sentenced to six months in prison for smuggling sea turtle eggs from Mexico

Tuesday, May 10, 2016 - 07:30 in Biology & Nature

— A Southern California couple has been sentenced to six months in prison for smuggling more than 900 endangered sea turtle eggs into the United States from Mexico, the U.S. attorney's office said. Jose and Olga Jimenez pleaded guilty Feb. 19 to charges of conspiracy, smuggling and unlawful trafficking...

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