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🇲🇽 Mexico /Crime & Justice

Person Arrested in Chiapas with 1,800 Turtle Eggs in Three Cardboard Boxes

From El Universal · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Authorities arrested a person in coastal Chiapas who allegedly transported 1,800 turtle eggs for illegal sale.
  • Federal agents stopped a passenger bus after an anonymous tip and found the eggs in three cardboard boxes without the required environmental permit.
  • Prosecutors opened an investigation, while officials transferred the eggs to the Tortuga Marina camp in Puerto Arista, Tonalá, for custody.

A person traveling by bus through Chiapas was arrested with 1,800 turtle eggs packed in three cardboard boxes, Mexican authorities said. The eggs were allegedly being transported for illegal sale.

An anonymous tip alerted the Federal Ministerial Police, based at the Arriaga sub-office, to a passenger bus traveling from Juchitán, Oaxaca, to Arriaga in Chiapas. Agents stopped the bus on the Arriaga-Tapanatepec section of the highway and carried out an inspection.

They found the eggs without the permit required by Mexico’s Environment and Natural Resources Ministry. The Specialized Regional Control Prosecutor’s Office opened an investigation into the suspected transportation of aquatic wildlife classified as at risk.

The detainee and the seized eggs were placed under the authority of the federal public prosecutor. Officials transferred the eggs to the Tortuga Marina camp in Puerto Arista, in Tonalá, for safekeeping.

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Originally published by El Universal in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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