Honduran Police Alerts
on Reptile Smuggling
Honduran police seized
21 reptiles in danger of
extinction when they
were about to be
smuggled into El
Salvador, where they are
sought after for its
meat, official sources
reported Saturday.
The iguanas, a genus of
lizard native to
tropical areas of
Central and South
America and the
Caribbean, were hidden
in a briefcase, and were
on the verge of
suffocation.
The Police statement,
disclosed by local
media, said the
smugglers hunted the
reptiles in the region
of Monjaras, and were
taken to the border town
of Amatillo, where they
were about to be sold to
Salvadorians.
According to police
data, hundreds of
Hondurans are involved
in the high-profit
criminal enterprise.
The reptiles have been
declared in danger of
extinction for its
indiscriminate hunting.
Last week 13 iguanas
were also seized by
Police officers, who
said the seized reptiles
will be transferred to
the Biological Station
Zacate Grande, to be
medically treated and
later released.
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