Couple allegedly stuffed 3 monkeys in their underwear in sick smuggling bid — causing one to suffocate

A Colombian couple allegedly strapped three baby monkeys to their underwear in a twisted bid to smuggle them into the Dominican Republic – with one of the terrified primates suffocating and dying.

The unidentified 27-year-old woman and 26-year-old man were busted at Cartagena’s Rafael Núñez International Airport after stunned authorities discovered the monkeys – two white-faced capuchins and a howler – stuffed in their underwear, according to local police and The US Sun.

The capuchins survived the brutal trek, but the howler is believed to have suffocated inside their clothing.

“This practice is evidence of absolute cruelty and a flagrant violation of animal rights,”