Trouser snakes: US smuggler admits carrying reptiles in pants
In a plea deal with the Department of Justice, Perez acknowledged that he had paid mules to transport some of his illicit cargo, and at other times had made border crossings himself.
A smuggler hid dozens of lizards and snakes in his clothes, including around his groin, as he tried to get them into the United States - US Customs and Border Protection/AFP
A man who hid snakes and lizards in his trousers as he tried to sneak them into the United States as part of a $750,000 reptile smuggling enterprise faces decades
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