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yortsed snacilbuper

(7,939 posts)
Thu Feb 7, 2019, 04:38 PM Feb 2019

Vet sentenced for implanting heroin in puppies as drug mules


This 2005 photo provided by U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration officials shows puppies rescued from a farm in Colombia destined for use by a U.S. veterinarian working for a Colombian drug trafficking ring.

Veterinarian Andres Lopez Elorez used the puppies to smuggle packets of liquid heroin on commercial flights to New York City, where the heroin packets were eventually cut out of the puppies, who died in the process, officials said. Elorez, who pleaded guilty in September 2018 to conspiring to import heroin into the United States, received a 6-year sentence on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019.

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Vet sentenced for implanting heroin in puppies as drug mules (Original Post) yortsed snacilbuper Feb 2019 OP
Why were the packets cut out of the puppies killing them? democratisphere Feb 2019 #1
There are monsters all over this planet malaise Feb 2019 #2
Whew, a whole 6 years for drug trafficking and killing puppies MagickMuffin Feb 2019 #3
Oh my god. underpants Feb 2019 #4

democratisphere

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1. Why were the packets cut out of the puppies killing them?
Thu Feb 7, 2019, 05:08 PM
Feb 2019

Why wasn't a vet employed to remove the packets and save the animals? Outrageous.

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