Dominican Republic
Migrants charged with smuggling exotic birds to US soil, drowning them
Dominican Republic nationals were indicted on wildlife smuggling charges, and allegedly drowned exotic birds to avoid getting nabbed by the Coast Guard.
A crew of heartless migrants are charged with smuggling exotic birds into Puerto Rico — and throwing more than 100 overboard as the US Coast Guard closed in on them, federal prosecutors said this week.
The US Attorney’s Office said 113 of the rare fe... [2035 chars]