{"id":180500,"date":"2023-10-03T12:50:53","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T12:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotworldreport.com\/?p=180500"},"modified":"2023-10-03T12:50:53","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T12:50:53","slug":"couple-arrested-for-trying-to-sell-adorable-pet-kittens-but-they-turned-out-to-be-much-more-dangerous-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotworldreport.com\/world-news\/couple-arrested-for-trying-to-sell-adorable-pet-kittens-but-they-turned-out-to-be-much-more-dangerous-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Couple arrested for trying to sell \u2018adorable pet kittens\u2019 – but they turned out to be much more dangerous | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
A COUPLE have been arrested after trying to sell cute kittens as pets – but they were really much more dangerous.<\/p>\n
Rafael Gutierrez-Galvan, 29, met an undercover Homeland Security Investigations agent in a carpark of an outdoors superstore in McAllen, Texas, on August 24.<\/p>\n
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He sold a small, spotted kitten to the undercover agent for $7,500.<\/p>\n
But experts identified the kitten as a margay cub – an exotic wild cat native to South America.<\/p>\n
A month later, on September 26, Gutierrez-Galvan met with the same agent. <\/p>\n
This time, he tried to sell a larger spotted kitten. <\/p>\n
The agent was able to clearly identify it as a jaguar cub, officials said. <\/p>\n He confronted Gutierrez-Galvan, who said in Spanish: "I'm just here to sell a cat."<\/p>\n At the same time, agents had been watching Gutierrez-Galvan's residence, where he lives with his wife, Denayira Garza, 28.<\/p>\n The agents spotted Garza leaving their house carrying a full case of money, before leaving in an SUV.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n She was pulled over after running a red light, and told police officers that she was taking the case of money to meet her husband.<\/p>\n After being taken into custody, Garaza confirmed that her husband trafficked wildlife, and that neither she nor Gutierrez-Galvan were licensed.<\/p>\n Gutierrez-Galvan admitted to "buying and selling animals" for a living, but claimed that he thought the first animal he sold to the undercover agent was a Persian cat.<\/p>\n Under the Big Cat Public Safety Act, which went into effect in December 2022, the importation, exportation and selling of big cats are prohibited.<\/p>\n If convicted, both Gutierrez-Galvan and Garza could face up to five years in prison, as well as a fine of $20,000.<\/p>\n This comes after a man who bought a puppy found out his strange looking puppy was actually a different beast altogether. <\/p>\n A woman who took in a stray puppy was also shocked when her new pet turned into a creature of terrifying magnitude.<\/p>\n<\/picture>INTO THE WILD <\/span><\/p>\n
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