CBP seized the Volkswagen, but officers did not discover the animals until they inspected it the following morning.
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Georgina Bribiesca Chavez and Salvador Pelayo allegedly made tens of thousands selling exotic animals smuggled across the U.S.-Mexico border since 2023.
