U.S. Border Patrol agents discover 7 "critically endangered" spider monkeys huddled inside migrant's backpack

CBS ^ | August 4, 2023 | Stephen Smith

[Ahithophel]

U.S. U.S. Border Patrol agents discover 7 "critically endangered" spider monkeys huddled inside migrant's backpack BY STEPHEN SMITH

AUGUST 4, 2023 / 11:58 AM / CBS NEWS

U.S. Border Patrol agents made a surprising discovery last weekend when they arrested a migrant carrying a backpack filled with seven spider monkeys, federal authorities said.

Agents found the monkeys on Sunday when a Mexican juvenile was apprehended in Brownsville, Texas, which is on the U.S.-Mexico border, officials said in a statement. The Border Patrol's Rio Grande Valley Sector posted a video on Facebook showing the monkeys huddled inside a bag that appeared to have holes in it to allow the animals to breathe.

"Extremely proud of our agents for stopping this wildlife smuggling attempt of these critically endangered animals!" the Facebook post reads.

[Ahithophel]

Stopped at border only b/c spider monkeys can't vote in US elections, yet.

[EEGator]

"I'm going to come at you like a spider monkey!"

[gwjack]

Be careful, it may be racist. Howard Costello could tell you about it if he were still alive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A90Km_PzAsA

[NautiNurse]

Please don’t release the spider monkeys into Florida. The pythons and giant African snails will kill them.

[NautiNurse]

[Engraved-on-His-hands]

I don’t think that the author is well-informed about spider monkeys. There are seven species. Only one is listed as “critically endangered”. Five are listed as “endangered” and one as “vulnerable”. The link in the article is to a critically endangered subspecies, but there is no evidence that this is the taxon associated with this incident.

[gwjack]

Cosell— stupid auto correct.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

In addition to the "endangered species" part, the fact that these monkeys can carry human
diseases is frightening. That is how homosexuals gave the world AIDS. The homosexuals
caught it from the monkeys they were molesting.

[NWFree]

Friends of Obama smuggled. In a backpack

[FlingWingFlyer]

Friggin’ migrant coyote wannabes are now trafficking spider monkeys and selling them as sex machines to far left RAT politicians and “big bidness” CEOs and employees in the DEI departments.

[dfwgator]

The homosexuals caught it from the monkeys they were molesting.

So Seth McFarlane was right!

[skr]

Poor creatures, crammed into a small space for who knows how long.

[Farmerbob]

If the left doesn’t care about child smuggling, maybe smuggling endangered species will pull their heart strings.

[chopperk]

Take care of the monkeys and lock up the illegal for life in his own country.