(KHOU.com) HOUSTON — U.S. Customs agents on Monday seized a large container at the Port of Houston from Ethiopia. Inside what was supposed to be musical drums was $185,000 in elephant ivory.
Smugglers were trying to slip the illegal cargo into the country. The real elephant ivory would have been used to make bracelets and other jewelry.
Elephants are an internationally protected animal and ivory shipping is illegal.
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It is very obvious that wyeane hand is behind this smuggling, but guess what? the weyane’s might have involved others to do this since they are very known in this kind of stupid game. After all it might be other ethiopians who end up to get caught by the US officials but I garantee you that it is the work of weyanes to expose other ethiopians and at the same time it was the weyanes who have sold out the ivory for the individuals to smuggle it….Unless you are a member of sypetizer of weyane there is no way you can take out a single thing from ethiopia where the weyane security forces are inproperly handling the security pass at the weyane controlled Ethiopian Airport…..our best examples are star business who was done a huge corruption along weyane members but ended up with a few hodam amahra individuals….and so many others including the recent stolen gold from bank….
Death to weyane members and supporters….
Hagos Araya I hope you know that the majority of the top officials in Weyane TPLF are not Tigrayans.
Most of the Weyane officials are Amhara.
It is time we stop saying things we have no idea about. I thought only tigreans were supporters and officials of weyane until i got big wake up call. Weyane is now every ethnic group in Ethiopia it is not ethnic affiliaited.
Weyane is a word just like Derg was a word.
Derg is Amharic word that had every ethnic group
Weyane is Tigringa word that has every ethnic group.
G7 will unite us all.
Bring this Bastards to Justice and shove the Ivory up you know what.
Elias please disclose their names and if possible with pictures and let us identify our enemies.
This is an other big crime.
LEDIHA HAGERACHIN YEMIYASIB TEFA AYIDEL.
BETAM YASAZINAL.HULUM ZERAFI HONE!
Democracy le ethiopia, why u tried to imposed ur most ediet idea on this world wide web? who nominate u to defend the tigriyans interest?they know themselves, and they are working day and night to secured thier interst at the expese of Ethiopia and the Ethiopian people.they are CIA agent to dismantle the horn of africa,not only ethiopia.it is a matter of time to give thier price.they will pay the cost by tear and blood up to the end of the world.we will revise the meaning of Ethipianism.ofcourse those those who is living in the carebian highland are more ethiopian than any tigrian.
by the way who told u “Derg” is Amharic word? what does it mean? don’t make a mistake. it is Geez. i will tell u the meaning when ur brain start to function..
Metsehafe ezra-situel
It sounds that woyanes are running out of time. People are getting angrier by each passing day, and the end seems to be insight. So what the woyanes ought to do, as any robber would, is to use anything to maximize gain.
Obviously they seem to have run out of things to snatch out of other regions; the only option that is left is to stain the country’s name by smuggling contraband to countries that have a good relation with ethiopia.
This one glaring example that Woyanes care only how they could get rich and build Tigray in a short possible time. That way they could declare their independence as soon as possible.
It takes the involvement of high officials from Ethiopia for this movement of illegal goods to take place. This is yet another evidence of corruption at the highest level, no more no less. It is a shame, all these slaps in the face by Woyanne to our Ethiopian faces, and it is nt phasing us enuogh is it? We have seen all the evil work of woyanne unfold right in front of our eyes, and yet we cant see past our differences to decide how to collectively say enough is enough. When is this ever gonna happen?? Where is the right leadership of Ethiopia that are willing to sacrifice themselves for Ethiopia?? Where is the leadership that is willing to pick up a gun before they pick up a mic?
When are we going to live upto our responsibilities: responsibilities endowed with the blessing of our forefathers?
I apologize for the rant but I am just beyond frustration with the situation in my country.
I have not come across any so called opposition leadership that is NOT willing to talk with Woyanne, and that notion turns my stomach and brings up my ulcer!!
In any case, Elias, if there is anyone with answers for me, plz reply.
For years both in daylight and darkness, woyanaetplfs were robbing people and killing innocents. When they came into Ethiopia they were completely broke and had their pockets leaking dust and other things.
Today, they are not only murderers they are millionaires as a result of lootng the resources of Ethiopia, such as,gold,coffee,girls,and wildlife products and parts, such as rare birds,ivory and monkey intestine and teeth.
Millions of dollars in their sweet account, gallons of blood in ther hands,thousands of victms in prison,and tons of sins in their soul:- on that day, that is coming soon, their fate will be squeezed in the mighty hands of Ethiopians.
Ethiopian National Bank 4 Billion gold scam crime was committed by TPLF led by Sibate Nega. TPLF may use others to commit many other crime as tools but you can’t accuse other ethinc group by insulting. We have to concetrate on the responsibleless ethinc party. TPLF is the only a single black Apartheid party who control the whole country, others just symbole.
Millions of dollars in their bank account, millions of Ethiopians blood in their hand, thousands of citizens in prison,95% of manufacturing industires under their control,and service,insurance,transportation, and banking sectors under their ownership, it is sad and injustice that the tplfwoyaneeprdf members of the crimefamily deliberately created two distint classses, one the class of the multimillionairs woyanetplf elite and the other underclass millions of Ethiopians. Is it fair?
These tplfwoyanae robbers and murderers effectively transformed Ethiopia into their own business empire looting resources and mking millions of dollars in profit and keeping the fortune into foreign banks and expanding their assets world wide, have now become the most wanted criminals and fugitives in Ethiopia.
It is our hope and prayers that these notorious murderers and robbers shall be caught dead or alive soon. Amen.