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Kseniia Petrova Detained for Frog Embryos at Boston Airport, Faces 20 Years

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Kseniia Petrova, Harvard scientist, was jailed in Louisiana after frog embryos were found in her luggage at Boston airport in February 2025. The $250,000 smuggling charge pivots her from research associate to a surreal immigration case with ICE and a looming deportation.

Petrova’s lawyer called the frog embryo smuggling case “meritless,” noting the charge arrived three months post-arrest. With “immigration detention” now a top search phrase, the real story is how a scientist’s lab research became borderland spectacle—tadpoles meet bureaucracy at baggage claim.

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