Points for creativity? A Mexican man has been arrested after authorities
at Mexico City's international airport discovered 18 titi monkeys stuffed
into socks and tied around his waist. Roberto Sol Cabrera was returning
from Lima, Peru, and had been trying to smuggle in the tiny primates by
wearing them slung on a belt under his clothing—“to protect them from
X-rays." Two of the monkeys were dead when they were confiscated.
Many species of titi monkeys are on the Convention on International
Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora's endangered
list, and can be sold for around $1,550 in Mexico.
at Mexico City's international airport discovered 18 titi monkeys stuffed
into socks and tied around his waist. Roberto Sol Cabrera was returning
from Lima, Peru, and had been trying to smuggle in the tiny primates by
wearing them slung on a belt under his clothing—“to protect them from
X-rays." Two of the monkeys were dead when they were confiscated.
Many species of titi monkeys are on the Convention on International
Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora's endangered
list, and can be sold for around $1,550 in Mexico.
I originally decided to post this because I thought
it was funny. But then I thought -- this isn't really funny
at all. Have this horrible feeling I'm getting soft...
it was funny. But then I thought -- this isn't really funny
at all. Have this horrible feeling I'm getting soft...
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