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LOS ANGELES<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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U.S. Department of Justice Photo of Orchids<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A Peruvian who possessed orchids in violation of an international wildlife treaty plead guilty to a federal offense of illegal trade in a protected species, officials announced today.<\/span><\/p>\n

Victor Manuel Arias Cucho<\/strong>, 46, of Lima, Peru, plead guilty to the offense Wednesday in U.S. District Court and sentenced to two years probation and a $7,500 fine, officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n

This case is the result of U.S. authorities discovering more than 200 protected orchids in Cucho\u2019s luggage at Los Angeles International Airport, officials said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cucho was flying from Australia to Peru on September 24, when he had a layover at LAX after attending an orchid trade show in Sydney, according to officials.<\/span><\/p>\n

The orchids are protected under the Convention on International Trade In Endangered Species<\/strong> of Wild Fauna and Flora or CITES, and Cucho was aware that he could not bring the CITES-protected orchids into the United States or Peru without having proper documentation, officials said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Knowing that he did not have the CITES-required documentation, Cucho concealed the orchids in various parts of his luggage in order avoid detection by customs authorities, officials said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Upon arriving at LAX, Cucho submitted a Customs declaration in which he denied that he was carrying any plants, and he was sent by customs authorities for a secondary agricultural inspection.<\/span><\/p>\n

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