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Article: Former Border Patrol Agent Sentenced for Attempting to Receive Protected Leopard Tortoises
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- August 5, 2009
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To: NATIONAL EDITORS
Contact: U.S. Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs, +1-
202-514-2007, TDD +1-202-514-1888
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Rene Soliz of
Alice, Texas, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Corpus
Christi, Texas, to serve three years of supervised probation, 250
hours of community service and pay a $1,500 fine for violating the
Lacey Act by attempting to receive 15 Tanzanian leopard tortoises
that were transported into the United States, the Justice Department
announced.
Prior to his sentencing and as part of a plea agreement with the
government, Soliz resigned his position as a Border Patrol agent.
Soliz pleaded guilty to the Lacey Act ...