Overview

• Animal protection officers located two men at Madero and Monte de Piedad carrying a capuchin monkey, a spectacled caiman and a Burmese python in plastic containers.
• The capuchin wore a collar with a metal leash, the caiman’s snout was tied, and the python was confined in a box, indicating restraint and inadequate transport.
• The detainees, ages 38 and 41 and identified as from Tamaulipas, were presented to the environmental prosecutor FIDAMPU for potential violations of wildlife laws.
• The three animals were transferred to the BVA site in Xochimilco for veterinary evaluation and observation while authorities determine their disposition.
• Authorities referenced reports the animals were being used for paid photos, warning that such exhibition is illegal and urging the public to report these cases and not pay.