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Mexico intercepts a trafficking scheme smuggling native ants to SE Asia

The ant traffickers hid the queens in plastic children's toys to be shipped off to Southeast Asia where they'd be bought by collectors who would use the reproducing contraband to start ant farms. The post Mexico intercepts a trafficking scheme smuggling native ants to SE Asia appeared first on Mexico News Daily

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Mexico intercepts a trafficking scheme smuggling native ants to SE Asia

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The ant traffickers hid the queens in plastic children's toys to be shipped off to Southeast Asia where they'd be bought by collectors who would use the reproducing contraband to start ant farms. The post Mexico intercepts a trafficking scheme smuggling native ants to SE Asia appeared first on Mexico News Daily