Exotic animals found in Mexico City drug raid
A member of the media walks around an indoor pool in an upscale home in Mexico City’s Desierto de los Leones neighborhood, where federal police arrested several people who officials say are members of a drug-trafficking ring. (Marco Ugarte / Los Angeles Times)
A panther yawns as it sits behind a fence at a Mexico City home that was the target of a drug raid. Police arrested more than a dozen people and seized weapons, vehicles and a number of exotic animals. (Marco Ugarte / Los Angeles Times)
An albino tiger walks behind a fence in the backyard of a Mexico City residence where authorites earlier conducted a drug raid, arresting more than a dozen people. In addition to weapons and vehicles, a number of exotic animals were seized in the raid. (Marco Ugarte / Los Angeles Times)
An ape was one of several exotic animals found in an upscale Mexico City house after authorities conducted a drug raid. The animal was kept behind bars in the backyard of the home in the Desierto de los Leones neighborhood. (Marco Ugarte / Los Angeles Times)
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A policeman walks in the garden of an upscale Mexico City house where more than a dozen alleged members of a drug cartel were arrested. Authorities also seized weapons, vehicles and several exotic animals. (AFP/Getty Images)