(From news.xinhuanet.com) Xinhuanet – Seven men in a truck containing 9,000 protected sea turtle eggs have been arrested by police at highway checkpoint in the southern Mexico state of Guerrero. 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. The sea turtles were declared a protected species in 1990.