By operating illegal wildlife trafficking by the National Police in the area of ​​Villa Fátima (Riohacha), They were confiscated 40 kilograms of turtle meat held by a subject who did not have the mobilization safe-conduct issued by the environmental authority.

Corpoguajira informs that any person who decides to hunt, processing and marketing specimens of wildlife without the respective safe-conduct is incurring an illegal. In the case of sea turtles, in the department of La Guajira the resolution 2879 of 1995 declares the four species that come to our territory closed., expressly prohibiting all types of marketing, including its by-products in any of its presentations. Además, in the agreement 004 of 2012 wildlife species threatened with extinction in the department are listed.

The ecological importance of the presence of these species in the different ecosystems has led them to be placed in the highest threat categories due to the notable reduction in their population and the deterioration of their habitats., which creates an imbalance in the marine-coastal territory, affecting the levels of the food chain.

Sea turtle species present in La Guajira:

• Green turtle (Chelonia mydas)
• Loggerhead turtle, Cabezona o Gogo (Caretta caretta)
• Tortuga Carey (Eretmochelys imbricata)
• Channel or Leatherback Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)

Corpoguajira rejects any message that promotes and encourages the consumption of turtle meat marine and other wildlife, and invites public figures and the community in general to promote the conservation and protection of natural resources, especially those species that are threatened.