During the investigation, officials discovered Dafar had previously smuggled and sold at least three other baby Mexican ...

“This crime ripped weeks-old baby monkeys from their mothers, disrupted fragile ecosystems, endangered a vulnerable species, and posed significant public health risks,” said U.S. Attorney Adam ...

A Texas man was sentenced to four months in custody for smuggling six rare baby spider monkeys over the Mexican border and attempting to sell them over Facebook, officials said. Sarmad Ghaled ...

A Texas man will spend months in prison after pleading guilty to trafficking six endangered spider monkeys in Southern California, according to federal prosecutors. Sarmad Ghaled Dafar, 33, of ...

A 33-year-old Texas man was sentenced in San Diego federal court Friday for coordinating the smuggling of at least six protected baby Mexican spider monkeys through the Calexico Port of Entry ...

SAN DIEGO — A Houston man has been sentenced to four months in custody for facilitating the smuggling of six baby ... of monkeys into the United States, and arranged for them to be sold on ...

During the investigation, officials discovered Dafar previously smuggled and sold at least three other baby Mexican spider monkeys, in June 2022 and July 2023. Their whereabouts are unknown.

A 33-year-old Texas man was sentenced in San Diego federal court Friday for coordinating the smuggling of at least six protected baby Mexican spider monkeys through the Calexico Port of Entry ...

SAN DIEGO — A Houston man has been sentenced to four months in custody for facilitating the smuggling of six baby ... of monkeys into the United States, and arranged for them to be sold on ...

During the investigation, officials discovered Dafar had previously smuggled and sold at least three other baby Mexican spider monkeys, in June 2022 and July 2023. Their whereabouts are unknown.