SAN DIEGO -- 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 custody and ...

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, ...

Borders across the nation have become a breeding ground for illegal smuggling activity. While the eyes of the state are focused on the distribution of narcotics and migrant travel, a dark side of the ...

Spider monkeys, once part of illegal trafficking, are now “flourishing” at their new home in a California zoo, officials said. In August, U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the Calexico port of ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — According to the Department of Justice, a Houston man was sentenced in federal court Friday for smuggling endangered baby Mexican spider monkeys into the United States. Sarmad ...