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 ...

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A Texas man was busted for trafficking vulnerable Mexican baby spider monkeys, who were too young to be separated from their mothers, into San Diego and selling them on Facebook. Sarmad Ghaled ...

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 ...

Monkeys, those fascinating members of the primate family, come in various shapes and sizes, typically sporting long tails. Alongside them, you’ll find macaques, baboons, guenons, capuchins, marmosets, ...

HOUSTON (WJW) – A Texas man was sentenced to prison for smuggling six baby Mexican spider monkeys into the United States, prosecutors announced on Monday. Sarmad Ghaled Dafar, 33, of Houston ...

There are more than 16 New World monkey species, including gracile capuchin, owl, howler, and saddle-back tamarin. As you would expect, Old World monkeys live in what is referred to as the ‘Old World, ...

SAN DIEGO (KABC) -- A Texas man was sentenced in federal court Friday for smuggling six Mexican baby spider monkeys into the U.S. Sarmad Ghaled Dafar of Houston was sentenced to four months in ...