The husband told federal agents he was just trying to sell a regular cat.
A Texas couple is accused of wildlife trafficking after the sale of a margay kitten and attempted sale of a jaguar cub , federal officials say.accused of wildlife traffickingRafael Gutierrez-Galvan, 29, first met with a buyer on Aug. 24 in the parking lot of an Academy Sports and Outdoors, in McAllen, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas.
After the sale, Gutierrez-Galvan agreed to meet with the buyer a second time to sell a much different, more dangerous cat — a jaguar, according to a criminal complaint. As he was making the sale, agents were watching his home in nearby Alamo. They saw Gutierrez-Galvan’s wife, 28-year-old Deynira Garza, leave the home with a case, get into a car and drive, documents said.
The money wasn’t coming, and when Gutierrez-Galvan gave the buyer the jaguar cub, more agents suddenly appeared, officials said. He told the agents in Spanish, “I’m just here to sell a cat.”Attorneys representing the couple declined to comment to McClatchy News.
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