Global Footprint of Wildlife Trade Highlights Biodiversity Threats

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Social networks and organized crime promote the sale of species, with serious ecological and sanitary impacts CARLOS RUIZ/PORTAVOZ PHOTO: ALEJANDRO LÓPEZ In the Coast of Chiapas, wildlife trafficking has become one of the most lucrative and least persecuted practices of organized crime. From Tapachula to Tonalá, species such as spider monkey, yellow nut parrot and Tacana dragons are captured and sold through social networks or clandestine routes…