Overview
- Customs at Ezeiza cargo terminal detected and seized a shipment from Kenya in mid-May that contained 721 specimens in 33 packages weighing about 538 kilograms.
- Authorities identified 102 species — 355 fish and 366 invertebrates — many of which arrived dead or in critical condition after roughly 120 hours confined in bags and boxes.
- Fundación Temaikèn led a continuous emergency rescue at its Escobar facility, working more than 28 hours, adding 10 warm-water tanks and performing over 500 individual drip-acclimation procedures to stabilize survivors.
- Officials and SENASA confirmed the cargo entered without the Subsecretaría de Ambiente authorization and the seizure is under formal processing while investigations continue into the shipment's destination and handlers.
- Fundación Temaikèn and agencies said this is the third similar seizure in under a year, raising concerns about repeat trafficking routes through Kenya and the need for tighter import controls to curb welfare, disease and invasive-species risks.