GN rescues howler monkey, an endangered species, that they were trying to sell on the Tabasco highway

Tabasco.- Elements of the National Guard rescued a saraguato or howler monkey which they intended to sell on the Agua Dulce-Cárdenas highway, in the municipality of Cárdenas, Tabasco.

It was thanks to a citizen complaint that warned about a person who sold the monkey at the “Sánchez Magallanes” toll boothso national guards moved to the site.

Upon arrival, the elements of the National Guard observed from a distance that a person was carrying the howler monkey and when they noticed the presence of federal forces He threw it to the ground and fled.

The officers did not catch up with this person, but They managed to secure the saraguato or howler monkey, which seemed weak. They offered him water and notified the Federal Attorney for Environmental Protection (Profepa).

How many years in prison do you get for selling a howler monkey?

The howler monkey species is listed in the Official Mexican Standard NOM-059-SEMARNATT-2010 as a species in Danger of Extinction “(P)” is also included in Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.

According to the Federal Penal Code, the illegal wildlife traffickingspecies in danger of extinction or regulated by any international treaty to which Mexico is a party, It is punishable with a prison sentence of 1 to 9 years and a fine of 300 to 3,000 Measurement and Update Units.

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