Mexican fishermen capture 7.5-foot crocodile in the Rio Grande [View All]

[Gman]

NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico (AP) -- Mexican fishermen captured a 7.5-foot-long crocodile in the Rio Grande, the river that divides Mexico and the United States, and turned the animal over to a local animal shelter, authorities reported on Sunday.

The animal was caught on a fisherman's line on Saturday in a sparsely populated stretch of the river on the outskirts of Nuevo Laredo, across from Laredo, Texas.

The crocodile weighed about 130 pounds and appeared to be in good condition, said Jose Moreno Araiza, a commander of the Nuevo Laredo fire department, where the fishermen first brought the animal in the back of a pickup truck.

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Crocodiles are not native to North America so someone put it there. Sounds like the handiwork of the Minute Men who are "patrolling" along the Rio Grande right now.

p.s. put this in LBN because it hasn't been up 24 hours yet.

p.s.p.s.... oops, never mind, didn't realize LBN rules changed going on 2 years ago! Please move to GD.