Overview

• Officers found part of a skull and several bones wrapped in tinfoil during customs processing at Tampa International Airport.
• The items were packed with prohibited plants and a stack of cigars, according to the CBP Tampa field office.
• The traveler reportedly told authorities the bones were used for rituals and said the items had been declared upon reentry.
• CBP has opened an investigation to determine whether the remains were genuine, and their authenticity remains unclear.
• Carlos Martel, CBP’s Tampa director of field operations, referenced the discovery in a post on X.