Lázaro Agramonte, a 62-year-old man of Cuban origin, appeared in court Miami-Dade accused of organizing and possessing cockfights dope.
Agramonte was arrested in the Southwest 144th Street and 199th Avenue area of the city homesteadafter detectives set up surveillance in the area, America TeVé said, citing the arrest report as a source.
At the time of Agramonte’s arrest, fighting cocks and paraphernalia usual in this type of activity, as well as five pounds of marijuana, were confiscated.
No further details of the arrest have been released so far.
He is not the first Cuban to have been involved in a similar incident in recent months. In April, 47-year-old Cuban Miguel Ángel Rodríguez was arrested after the Kendall General Investigations Unit, also in Miami-Dade, executed a search warrant at his home They found about a hundred roosters.
At that time, the accused faced several complaints of animal cruelty because the authorities found two training rings for bird fights as well as medicines, syringes and spurs on his property in addition to the hundred partially dead roosters.
It was discovered at the time that Miguel Ángel Rodríguez was selling the roosters to individuals in Puerto Rico for between $40 and $50 a head.
Cockfighting is currently illegal in all US states and Florida is one of 42 US territories where it is considered a felony.
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