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By Ben Bradley

Published: Mar. 20, 2024 at 3:00 PM PDT

https://www.azfamily.com/2024/03/20/over-25-amazon-parrots-found-hidden-car-arizona-border

NOGALES, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) — Over two dozen protected birds were seized from a car driven by someone attempting to smuggle them across the southern border into Arizona.

Earlier this week at the Port of Nogales, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers found 27 Amazon parrots hidden in a passenger car trying to enter the U.S. through the Mariposa Crossing. CBP says two lilac-crowned Amazon parrots and 25 white-fronted Amazon parrots were found in a crate that was covered by a dark cloth on a passenger seat.

The birds are protected by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) of Wild Fauna and Flora and are valued at $800-3,000 each.

The investigation has been turned over to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for prosecution. No suspects have been identified.