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Ecuadoran court sentences German tourist to 4 years for smuggling Galapagos iguanas
An Ecuadoran court has sentenced a German tourist to four years in prison for trying to smuggle threatened iguanas out of the Galapagos Islands. Dirk Bender “will serve four years in prison as stated in the judgment reported today by the president and judges” of the criminal court that found…
Tourist arrested for stealing iguanas from Galapagos
A German tourist has been arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle four endangered iguanas out of the Galapagos Islands, according to the national park. The Galapagos National Park said its security guards had intercepted the man on Monday at the airport on the archipelago after he was seen carrying a…
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