Overview

• Police and environmental agents seized 122 items, including 82 fox pieces, 14 otter pieces, 21 hides, two mink vests, a red deer antler, a rhea coat, and a coat made from yaguareté skin.
• UFEMA requested the search and Judge Norberto Circo of Penal, Contravencional y de Faltas Court No. 23 authorized the raid at a store on Serrano 800 in Villa Crespo.
• Authorities valued the confiscated merchandise at approximately $335 million, with the yaguareté item highlighted as especially grave under Law 25.463, which declares the species a National Natural Monument.
• The premises were closed immediately and the proprietor was formally charged for the illegal exercise of an activity and for unlawful possession and trafficking of wildlife subproducts under Law 22.421 and Resolution 170/21.
• The operation formed part of a coordinated 2025 crackdown that is mapping supply chains into urban retail markets following earlier actions in Berazategui, La Paternal and Mendoza.