A woman is facing deportation charges after Florida wildlife authorities stopped her from parading her pet python around Miami Beach and called immigration officials to check her status.
Authorities say Marian Valdez Moreno and a friend were charging tourists $10 for posing with the 4-year-old ball python named Penelope.
Valdez Moreno received a warning from Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officers investigating the non-licensed display of exotic animals.
The officers called U.S. Border Patrol when she wasn't able to show her legal status in the country.
Miami Beach code enforcement officers charged Moreno and the friend $250 each.
The Colombian-born woman is now in a detention center on suspicion she overstayed her visa. Her snake was confiscated by FWC.