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'Pablo Escobar of eggs' fights extradition to Brazil

Serial wildlife criminal Jeffrey Lendrum already serving three-year sentence in UK prison
Jeffrey Lendrum has been smuggling fragile eggs from the nests of birds of prey for three decades. Photograph: Crown Prosecution Service/AFP via Getty Images

The so-called “Pablo Escobar of eggs” is fighting extradition to Brazil for the attempted trafficking of endangered falcon eggs, even as he languishes in a British prison cell for a similar crime.

For three decades, Jeffrey Lendrum, 58, smuggled fragile eggs from the nests of

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