Man pleads guilty to smuggling tiger cub into US from Mexico
Dec 6, 2017 | 5:45 PM
SAN DIEGO — A man who smuggled a Bengal tiger cub into California from Mexico has pleaded guilty to federal charges.
Eighteen-year-old Luis Valencia of Perris entered the plea on Tuesday in San Diego.
The 6-week-old cub was found on the passenger-side floor in Valencia’s car in August at a San Diego border checkpoint.
Tigers are endangered and it’s illegal to import them without a permit.