Bajajack
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Police detain 7 suspects
with 9,000 sea turtle eggs
ACAPULCO - Police in the Pacific Coast state of Guerrero say they have seized 9,000 protected sea turtle eggs and arrested seven men suspected of
intending to sell them.
Police said in a statement Tuesday that the eggs were discovered at a highway checkpoint in a truck driven by the suspects.
Sea turtles are a protected species in Mexico, but their eggs have long been considered a delicacy and an aphrodisiac by some consumers.
The suspects face prison terms of up to nine years if convicted of possessing the eggs.
Several kinds of sea turtle lay their eggs on the Mexican coast. Authorities did not specify the species, but it appeared likely they were from Olive
Ridley turtles. Last weekend, authorities in Guerrero said 59 Olive Ridley turtles had been found dead on beaches in and around éapulco. They had
apparently been killed in fishing nets.
\"take what you can, give nothing back!\"
We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the
American people.\'
Theodore Roosevelt 1907
We can have no \"50-50\" allegiance in this country. Either a man is an American and nothing else, or he is not an American at all.
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CaboRon
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So, the roadblocks are accompllishing something ....
And nine thousand eggs was not for their family table ...
I hope the poachers rot in jail .....
Maybe it will help to get the message out ....
"Save the Sea Turtles"
or at the very least, leave them alone ....
CaboRon
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rpleger
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Who is going to eat the eggs now? Are they going to throw them away?
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Udo
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I was waiting for "elinvesti8" to shine in favor of the eggs!
Udo
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ELINVESTIG8R
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| Quote: | Originally posted by udowinkler
I was waiting for "elinvesti8" to shine in favor of the eggs! |
Udowinkler I only hope the eggs they rescued can be incubated and saved!
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