The acquittal of a Cambodian environmental official on wildlife smuggling charges has stung federal prosecutors and Fish and Wildlife Service investigators and rattled the larger effort that U.S. officials dubbed “Operation Long Tail Liberation.”
Following a trial that began March 12, a jury in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida on March 22 acquitted Masphal Kry of two felony counts related to an alleged conspiracy to smuggle long-tailed macaques into the United States.
“Mr. Kry is back with his family in Cambodia,” said defense attorney Stacey…
