There's a pretty insane story involving a spider monkey that
belonged to a criminal organization in Mexico.
That was tragically killed in a shootout with Mexican state police, okay.
So, it's being referred to as a Narcho monkey was
just the unfortunate victim of this shootout.
And so the shootout in Mexico State began when a group of armed men
allegedly attacked a convoy from the state police force.
The officers returned fire and killed 10 men, arrested seven and
seized 20 AR15 rifles, five cars and tactical equipment.
They found the dead monkey in the aftermath of the incident.
So the shootout was between state police and also La Familia Michoacán.
The monkey's owner was a member of that cartel and that gang.
And so the security team whose head was called el gorilla, okay.
So the monkey's owner was a member of the gang and
its security team whose head was called el gorilla.
Okay, so I just wanna show you the photo of the monkey.
Okay and don't look at the tribute video because they made a tribute video for
the monkey to honor him.
Apparently this is a thing that happens, but
they put like the spider monkey is so cute and I hate that they killed him.
I don't know if it was the state police who accidentally shot him.
Or if it was like a bullet from one of the gang members, but
there he is wearing a bulletproof vest and humans just ruin everything.
We don't deserve the precious animals that exist on this planet.
We just don't deserve that.
Look at that cute little spider monkey whose life was cut short by criminals and
police.
Because criminals and police take everything we love away from us.
There it is.
>> Whatever happened to just getting a good old tiger.
>> They do.
They get tigers too.
They do.
>> [LAUGH]. >> I'll give you the details okay.
But before I get to that.
So photos from the scene of the shootout with police in which 11 drug gang members
died showed a small monkey.
So that's the monkey here dressed in a tiny camouflage jacket.
So just a tiny and yes.
And a tiny bulletproof vest sprawled across the body of a dead gunman who was
apparently his owner.
Inexplicably the well equipped dead gunman had a plastic bucket on his head.
I'm not really interested in learning about the gunman.
What I am interested in is like I watched the full video of this.
So they made this ballad to honor El Menchito as they refer to him.
And in the video toward the end they show images of the monkey dead.
Which I did not appreciate.
Also read you some lyrics from the ballot in just a moment, but
like one of the photos when the monkey was still alive showed him like
just clinging onto his drug cartel owner after he had been shot dead.
And it's a monkey who feels love and then he was killed himself.
It's just is it crazy that I care so much about this monkey?
I hate that this happened.
>> No, you feel a deep connection with the monkey.
People fall in love with all kinda animals all the time.
And so we're not gonna judge you for your love with this dead monkey.
But as they say, one dead monkey can't stop the show, all right [LAUGH].
>> Well considering the drug cartel violence that still takes place in Mexico,
you're right about that, unfortunately.
So the little monkey has gotten many tributes since his death,
including what's known as Narcocorrido.
Okay, so Narcocorridoes are drug ballads written and
composed about drug traffickers and smugglers.
Fun, nice genre of music there.
There are witnesses involved of how they executed him.
The song composed by an anonymous singer says the changuito.
Little monkey was not mean, but he was not timid either.
Little monkey, it was not your turn to die.
Someone stole your story because you came here to win and to shine in many things.
The song says.
You guys messed up like you guys put the monkey in a terrible situation.
And it lost its life as a result and
you're right was they do sometimes use other exotic animals?
Some drug cartels like Zetas leader, Heriberto Lazscano
acquired exotic animals to torture or disappear their victims.
Several of his enemies were devoured by tigers or
the crocodiles that the zetas kept in their pens or cages.
These are terrible people.
Not a fan of these people.
>> [LAUGH] That is one hell of a use of exotic animals there.
And my goodness to feed your enemies to your animals [LAUGH].
Mimi would never right?
>> Yeah.
Mimi, is Mimi over there right now.
>> Yeah she's over here.
She's on the floor next to me just kinda hanging out.
>> You gotta show us.
Give us a little Mimi love we need it.
>> All right hold on here we go.
You ready?
>> Mimi.
>> [LAUGH].
>> Mimi got so big.
>> Yeah she's huge.
>> I love it.
>> She is huge.
>> We don't deserve these lovely creatures.
>> Say hi, [LAUGH].
>> So cute.
Anyway pour one out for the homie tonight.
Little changuito.
I definitely will.
Thoughts and prayers.