Texas man sentenced for smuggling baby spider monkeys across US-Mexico border
Sarmad Ghaled Dafar of Houston was sentenced to four months in custody and 180 days home confinement for trafficking the protected animals.
Sarmad Ghaled Dafar of Houston was sentenced to four months in custody and 180 days home confinement for trafficking the protected animals.
Sarmad Ghaled Dafar of Houston was sentenced to four months in custody and 180 days home confinement for trafficking the protected animals.
Sarmad Ghaled Dafar of Houston was sentenced to four months in custody and 180 days home confinement for trafficking the protected animals.
SAN DIEGO (KABC) — 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 180 days home confinement for trafficking the protected animals.
He was also ordered to pay $23,501.70 in restitution for the cost of quarantining three of the monkeys at the San Diego Zoo. Dafar must surrender on or before May 29.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California, Dafar coordinated the purchases and smuggling of the monkeys across the border, received them in the U.S., and arranged for their sale on three occasions in June 2022 and August 2023.
In one case, three monkeys were smuggled through the Calexico West Port of Entry by Dafar’s coconspirator, authorities said.
Texas man sentenced for smuggling baby spider monkeys across US-Mexico border
