AMERICANALMANAC (Alan Benson) - Mexican military finds 135 exotic animals — including Bengal tigers and jaguars — during fuel smuggling raids near U.S. border
A Mexican military operation targeting cartel fuel smugglers in the border state of Tamaulipas uncovered a private ranch holding 135 exotic and endangered animals, exposing yet another layer of the criminal enterprise bleeding Mexico's state oil company dry. Soldiers raiding five properties on Thursday found Bengal tigers, jaguars, bison, hyenas, mandrills, and a camel among […] The post Mexican military finds 135 exotic animals — including Bengal tigers and jaguars — during fuel smuggling raids near U.S. border appeared first on American Almanac .
A Mexican military operation targeting cartel fuel smugglers in the border state of Tamaulipas uncovered a private ranch holding 135 exotic and endangered animals, exposing yet another layer of the criminal enterprise bleeding Mexico's state oil company dry. Soldiers raiding five properties on Thursday found Bengal tigers, jaguars, bison, hyenas, mandrills, and a camel among the animals kept at the ranch, with 35 of the 135 creatures classified as endangered species. The same sweep seized 18,000 gallons of diesel fuel, fuel tanks, pumps, firearms, and tools, and ended with one arrest on site. The raids came the same day Mexico's attorney general's office formally charged Fernando Farias, a high-ranking officer who had been expelled from…Open