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Fashion designer Nancy Gonzalez sentenced to prison for smuggling crocodile handbags

Gonzalez was sentenced Monday in Miami federal court following her 2022 arrest in Cali, Colombia, and subsequent extradition to the US on charges of violating wildlife laws. Prosecutors revealed that Gonzalez orchestrated the smuggling operation and recruited couriers to transport her luxury handbags on commercial flights, an estimated $2 million worth of merchandise.