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2 People Arrested After Police Find Baby Monkeys Hidden in Underwear
Police said one monkey died and two others were dehydrated and weak after officers stopped the alleged smuggling attempt.
- On May 13, Cartagena Metropolitan Police arrested two individuals at Rafael Núñez International Airport in Colombia for attempting to smuggle three baby monkeys to the Dominican Republic.
- Suspects allegedly attempted to "traffic" the primates by concealing them in "their intimate parts," with one hidden in a man's genitals and two in a woman's clothing.
- The smuggling attempt proved fatal for one howler monkey, while the two surviving white-faced capuchins were found "dehydrated, weak, barely clinging to life," officials said.
- Brigadier General Gelver Yecid Peña Araque told the US Sun, "The animal died in conditions that we can only describe as inhumane." The couple faces wildlife trafficking charges.
- The Environmental Public Establishment is currently caring for the surviving one-month-old primates following the incident, with authorities continuing their investigation.
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A couple has been arrested at an airport in Colombia with three baby monkeys hidden in their underwear. One of the monkeys had been suffocated to death. “It is inhumane,” says police chief Gelver Yecid Peña Araque.
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Customs officers arrested a man and a woman at Rafael Nunez International Airport in Cartagena, Colombia, in the north of the country, on May 14. The couple was trying to smuggle three baby monkeys into the Dominican Republic, which they had taped to their private parts. Video footage of the arrested couple and the animals was released by the AP.
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