De rifles y mariposas monarca

Associated Press reporta cómo los guardabosques de los bosques de la Sierra Chincua en México son de los más armados en México, y todo para cuidar a una de las creaturas más fragiles: las mariposas monarca.

"The rangers say they need the weapons to protect the winter nesting grounds of millions of orange and black winged butterflies from armed gangs of illegal loggers in the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve.

The monarchs are not listed as endangered, but scientists say the deforestation could threaten their existence... Last season, 22 million monarchs reached the park, an 80 percent drop from the previous year, prompting the Mexican government to set up the special police force.

Aided by hidden video cameras and communicating with special radios to avoid scanners, the officers speed around in all-terrain vehicles, looking for loggers in the rugged area, which spans more than 124,000 acres. Their arsenal includes AR-15 and Galil automatic rifles, pump-action shotguns and Smith & Wesson handguns..."

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