Chef stopped at Los Angeles airport with 40 frozen piranhas
This 2014 file photo shows mounted piranhas at a market in Curitiba, Brazil. A famous South American chef was stopped as he brought 40 frozen piranhas in a duffel bag through Los Angeles International Airport recently. Virgilio Martinez, chef-owner of Central restaurant in Peru, says he hoped to serve the sharp-toothed fish during an LA food festival. Customs agents eventually let Martinez through with the piranhas. He used them that night on a salad. (AP Photo/Raul Gallego Abellan, File)