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Spider monkey captured in Juarez

Video of the spider monkey that go loose in Juarez (Courtesy: PROFEPA)
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Published 2:26 PM

JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) -- Officials in Juarez captured a spider monkey.

This video from our news partners Canal 44 shows an animal control officer attempting to wrangle the monkey, which is running around the break room of an office building.

Mexico's Attorney General for Environmental Protection (PROFEPA) says that the species is endangered and that it is illegal in Mexico to commercialize the monkey.

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