Overview

• Agents from the Agencia de Investigación Criminal stopped the vehicle at kilometer 45+700 on the San Cristóbal–Tuxtla Gutiérrez toll road after receiving a confidential report.
• Officers found nine endangered spider monkeys and eight scarlet macaws hidden in boxes and sacks in the vehicle’s rear seat.
• The driver, identified as Luis “N,” was detained without valid permits and placed in Fiscalía General de la República custody on wildlife trafficking charges.
• The rescued animals were transferred to a municipal ecology department facility for immediate veterinary treatment while Profepa determines their permanent home.
• The operation forms part of a broader FGR campaign to dismantle illegal wildlife networks threatening Chiapas’s unique biodiversity.