HSI returns dinosaur bones to Mongolia [Image 3 of 4]

MANHATTAN, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES

05.06.2013

Photo by Michael Johnson    

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement           

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) returned a Tyrannosaurus Bataar skeleton, looted from the Gobi Desert and illegally smuggled into the United States, to the government of Mongolia, on May 6, 2013, during a repatriation ceremony at a Manhattan hotel. The Bataar was seized in New York by ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents after it sold at a Manhattan auction for $1.05 million.

• Date Taken: 05.06.2013
• Date Posted: 05.06.2013 11:00
• Photo ID: 923997
• VIRIN: 130506-A-PC234-002
• Resolution: 3216x2136
• Size: 3.52 MB
• Location: MANHATTAN, NEW YORK, US