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| It is a musical instrument, type guitar, whose acoustic box is formed by the shell of a specimen of the protected species | The owners of the premises have been denounced for violations of the Law for the Suppression of Smuggling The Civil Guard of the Region of Murcia, within the framework of the 'Plan to eradicate the illegal trade in protected species', has developed the 'CHARANGO' operation, in which a specimen of Chilean armadillo has been recovered from a public establishment in Águilas used to form a musical instrument, the possession of which is not allowed without the required authorization, for which reason those responsible for the premises have been denounced for alleged infractions of the regulations on import, export, trade, possession or circulation of specimens of protected fauna and flora in the CITES (International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) agreement. The investigation began thanks to citizen collaboration, when the Civil Guard was alerted to the exhibition of a musical instrument in a public establishment in Águilas, dedicated to restoration, which supposedly consisted of animal parts with special protection. Members of the Nature Protection Service (SEPRONA) of the Benemérita carried out the corresponding inspection on the premises and verified in situ that inside the establishment and exposed to the public, on one of the walls of the dining room there was a musical instrument that could be composed of pieces of protected species. After a preliminary analysis, the civil guards verified that it was a stringed musical instrument, guitar type, whose acoustic box was formed by the shell of a specimen of a Chilean armadillo (Chaetophractus vellerosus). The armadillo from Chile is a protected species and is included in Annex II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), therefore, for its possession, the corresponding authorization is required. SEPRONA required the owners of the establishment to provide documentation that supports the legal origin of the specimen and they reported that they had owned the object for many years and that they lacked any documentation of said specimen, so the civil guards informed the owners of the premises that the act may constitute an administrative offense in contraband matters. The Civil Guard has seized the instrument made up of a protected species, which has been made available to the competent authority in matters of Customs and Special Taxes of the State Tax Administration Agency (AEAT), to which the infractions have been reported.

detected, regulated in Law 6/2011, on the Repression of Smuggling. CITES Convention The CITES Convention, on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, of which Spain has been a member since May 16, 1986, regulates the trade in threatened species and seeks to preserve their conservation through official export permits in the country of origin and import in the destination country, so that all specimens covered by this agreement are perfectly documented and their origin, destination and reason for being traded are known.

Source: Ministerio del Interior