The man said the skulls “are in demand abroad by people who practice santeria,” an Afro-Caribbean syncretic religion.
Inspectors discovered two skulls and other human remains hidden inside teddy bears at a Mexico City airport shipping company.
Company employees made the find when they ran the plush bears under an x-ray machine during a routine inspection, the Mexico City public prosecutor’s office said on Sunday.
The human remains “appear to have been recently exhumed,” the office said in a statement.
Authorities contacted and arrested the man who was mailing the package, who said he bought the skulls at a popular downtown Mexico City market.
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