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Police rescue truck full of snapper turtles

Turtle soup will not be on the menu in the eastern municipality of Pococí today after police detained two men for transporting 18 snapper turtles in a truck.

Police seize jewelry made from endangered turtles’ shells

Rings, earrings, combs and bracelets are among the items seized by officials from the National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC) during an Easter Holy Week crackdown on wildlife trafficking.

6 suspects in Jairo Mora murder case receive 3 more months of preventative detention

Six of the suspects arrested for the murder of Costa Rican sea turtle conservationist Jairo Mora will remain in jail until at least May 1, the Limón Prosecutor's Office said.

Prosecutors will seek to extend preventative detention for Jairo Mora murder suspects ahead of February deadline

Seven defendants were charged with the murder, and their preventive detention is set to expire in February.

Turtles will be unprotected as leatherback nesting season approaches on Moín Beach

In February, endangered leatherback sea turtles will begin nesting on Moín Beach, where conservationist Jairo Mora was killed by poachers last May. Police and government officials have no plans to protect the turtles, and environmentalists are now pushing to designate the area as a national park. But even that would be too late for this year's baby turtles.

What is killing hundreds of Central American sea turtles?

Experts suspect red tide, but even that is an uncertainty. What is known is that the region's environmental agencies are not prepared to deal with the mass deaths of endangered sea turtles.

Hundreds of dead sea turtles could be headed for Costa Rica’s northwestern shores, officials say

The population of the nearly extinct Eastern Pacific green sea turtle will likely be severely affected by the recent mass deaths, according to biologists. Longline fishing and a mass dynamiting are suspected killers.

Jairo Mora and Sea Turtle Conservation Efforts

Hours before his murder, sea turtle conservationist Jairo Mora came upon poachers digging up turtle eggs at the notoriously dangerous Moín Beach, near Limón...

Murdered Costa Rican conservationist had been chased by AK-47-wielding poachers

The day Jairo Mora Sandoval was killed was not the first time he had stared down the barrel of a gun. Since 2012, the...

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