Texas man sentenced after trafficking baby spider monkeys from Mexico

A Texas man was sentenced in federal court on Friday to four months in custody and 180 days in home confinement after trafficking six protected Mexican Spider Monkeys, according to a press release from U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Sarmad Ghaled Dafar was also ordered to pay more than $23,000 in restitution for the cost of quarantining three monkeys at the San Diego Zoo.