Traffickers plead guilty to smuggling over $10,000 in endangered sea cucumbers

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    AP Regional State Report - California, 09/01/2023
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    • Abstract:
      LOS ANGELES (AP) — Wildlife traffickers pleaded guilty this week in federal court in California to illegally importing endangered sea cucumbers — which are prized in China for food and medicine and as a reputed aphrodisiac — from Mexico.Zunyu Zhao and Xionwei Xiao were charged with conspiracy and illegal importation of brown sea cucumbers worth over $10,000 from 2017 to 2019 and are scheduled to be sentenced in September and November, respectively. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]