A Texas woman has pleaded guilty to smuggling a spider monkey into the United States from Mexico in a box she claimed was full of beer. Upon further inspection, however officers realized that the box did not contain beer, but an endangered spider monkey. A Texas woman entering the US told border officials the wooden box in her car was filled with beer. In reality, it was an endangered spider monkey she planned to sell. https://t.co/rbPE7h8Hbl — CNN (@CNN) November 20, 2022Agents found multiple online advertisements in the Houston area for the spider monkey, which listed her phone number, later that day.

Source: CNN November 22, 2022 01:21 UTC