The event occurred through registration and control plans by the National Police with the support of the environmental authority..

The Regional Autonomous Corporation of La Guajira – Corpoguajira and the National Police continue to join forces to combat the trafficking and commercialization of wild species. This time, through registration and control plans on the Riohacha – Maicao road, two citizens were surprised with 3 packages of approximately 180 kilograms of sea turtle meat, those who did not have an environmental permit issued by the environmental authority.

The specimens sacrificed for commercialization belong to the species Chelonia Mydas (Green turtle) which is in danger and whose main threat is indiscriminate hunting for meat and eggs., La Guajira being the department where the highest rates of slaughter for human consumption are recorded.

The use of renewable natural resources without the requirements of the law is illegal and anyone who fails to comply with the law, is approaching, enter, explodes, transporte, keep up, trafficking, trades, explore, advantage or benefit of specimens, products or parts of wildlife resources, forestry, floristic, hidrobiológicos, biological or genetic Colombian biodiversity, He is liable to imprisonment of forty-eight (48) a hundred and eight (108) months and a fine of up to thirty-five thousand (35.000) current monthly legal minimum wages.

Corpoguajira invites the community to continue increasing sensitivity towards endangered species, report ownership, hunting and sale to promote the conservation and protection of natural resources, especially those species that are threatened.