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Old 01-03-2019, 10:52 AM   #4
dieselfan
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Originally Posted by BobO'Booey View Post
I wonder if those Yucatan and Mexican box turtles that were for sale on here previously are affiliated with this group of characters and part of this smuggling operation? Any of these folks members here?
http://www.reptilesmagazine.com/Guil...muggling-Case/
I don’t not think that the guy in Texas with the Mexican species you mentioned is affiliated with the international smuggling group in the article. You can find the guy fairly easily on FB. His family and friends are located along both sides of the US/ Mexican boarder. I actually spoke with the guy about getting some of his group of Yucatán box turtles but the information he gave me was not convincing. He was willing to ship me any of the animals I wanted before receiving any payment. I forgot what he told me regarding the origin of the turtles. Something along the lines of he acquired a large established group of these Mexican species when he bought out someone’s collection. Interesting enough he would not give me the name of the person he claimed to have bought them from.