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Kenyan man pleads guilty to ivory, drug trafficking in US

He was involved in the illegal poaching of more than 35 rhinoceros and more than 100 elephants. [iStockphoto]

A Kenyan man has pleaded guilty to conspiring to large scale trafficking of rhinoceros horns and elephant ivory in a United States Federal court.

According to the United States Department of Justice, Mansur Mohamed Surur, was involved in the illegal poaching of more than 35 rhinoceros and more than 100 elephants.

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