2 Plead Guilty in Scheme to Smuggle Parrots
Juan Gonzalez-Villavicencio, 37, and Corrina Leanna Conn, 36, of Hesperia have pleaded guilty in a parrot-smuggling scheme that resulted in the sale at an Ontario swap meet of birds carrying Newcastle disease.
In federal court in Los Angeles, Gonzalez-Villavicencio pleaded guilty to conspiracy and making false statements to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Conn pleaded guilty to making a false statement.
Authorities said the pair organized parrot smuggling trips from Mexico, South America and Central America from 1997-99.
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