Federal agents stopped a bus in Chiapas after peacock tortoises seized inside cardboard boxes bound for Mexico City illegal market.
A routine federal inspection on June 18, 2025, led to the rescue of more than 3,400 peacock tortoises in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas. Agents from the Federal Attorney for Environmental Protection (PROFEPA) halted a passenger bus near kilometer 46 on the highway to Chiapa de Corzo. Inside cardboard boxes, they discovered dozens of small turtles—alive but crammed into unfit conditions.
According to PROFEPA, the turtles were . . .
