The Directorate of Public Security of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, reported that a man who had three turtle corpses and 500 eggs was detained at Playa Boca de Tomates.
According to the authorities, the sea turtles, of the olive ridley species, were captured to extract the eggs.
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The detainee was transferred to the Federal Public Ministry, the sub-directorate of Municipal Ecology and the Federal Office of Environmental . . .
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