HSI returns dinosaur bones to Mongolia [Image 2 of 2]

NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES

05.06.2013

Photo by Michael Johnson    

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement           

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

• Date Taken: 05.06.2013
• Date Posted: 05.06.2013 16:02
• Photo ID: 924233
• VIRIN: 130506-A-PC769-007
• Resolution: 4256x2832
• Size: 2.71 MB
• Location: NEW YORK, NY, US