700+ dead turtles have been found during the past 2 months along coast of Guerrero, Mexico |

Tratan de ocultar muerte de tortugas en Costa Grande

Personnel of federal agencies only buried the turtles that are coming out of the bottom of the sea off the coast of Guerrero, without investigating the causes of the deaths and hiding the gravity of the case, it is a species endangered marine.

At least 700 prietas turtles have appeared dead along the Guerrero coast between February and March of this year, according to reports of protectors of these marine species.

The Hydrobiological Manuel Salvador Gomez Galeana, responsible for the turtle camp ‘Nautilus’ of Playa Azul, in the municipality of Coyuca de Benítez, Costa Grande region, lamented that federal authorities want to cover ‘burying the Sun with a finger to the turtles’.

He blamed officials of the National Commission of natural protected Areas (Conanp) and the Federal Attorney for protection to the environment (Profepa), of underestimating the death of turtles.

He insisted that lately has been to staff of agencies by hiding them in the sand (burying) in the beach areas, specifically in Coyuca de Benitez.

He said that three months ago are investigating the cause of the death of this marine species; However, he argued that it has done nothing on the part of the federal Government.