In an operation carried out by the National Police and Corpoguajira, were seized 165 kilograms of turtle meat and 625 eggs, which would be marketed in Maicao.

After carrying out the expert examination of the confiscated meat, corporation officials, They established that it was a hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) and a green turtle (Chelonya midas), It is estimated that around five turtles were sacrificed.

The meat was transported in a Ford truck 150, white color, which was led by Jesús Oyola Paternina, who remained at the disposal of the authorities. The remains of the turtles, They were buried at the Riohacha solid waste disposal site..

Corpoguajira invites all inhabitants of the peninsula to denounce any event be hazardous to the environment, conservation of natural resources and biodiversity, through numbers 310 6581142, 318 5858383 and 310 6008358.