>A spider monkey wearing a bulletproof vest and other body armor was found dead following a shootout between police and a drug cartel in Mexico, according to reports. >Mexico state authorities later confirmed the authenticity of the images as well as the monkey’s death, the Associated Press reported on Friday. >A primate was killed at the scene, which was presumably owned by a criminal who was also killed at the scene,” said state prosecutors in a statement. >The small primate’s death came alongside that of 11 gang members who reportedly attacked local security forces in the State of Mexico municipality. The shootout then ensued. >In typical Mexican tradition, the deceased monkey received its own “corrida,” a folk ballad often composed in honour of dead drug cartel members, which said: “Life is very short, it wasn’t the monkey’s turn (to die)”.
