One of two massive loads of wood illegally harvested from the Amazon rainforest in Peru and captured by federal officials in the Port of Houston in 2015 has now been destroyed as part of a settlement agreement reached with an Oregon-based importer, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday.

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