HEMET, Calif. (AP) — Federal officials say a Southern California couple has been arrested on suspicion of smuggling more than 900 endangered and threatened sea turtle eggs into the U.S. from Mexico.
Where there are a few eggs, there can be up to 100! Sea turtles can lay around 100 eggs per nest. Photo taken at Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge, Alabama, June 28, 2010 | Photo by by Bonnie Strawser, courtesy of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, St. George News
The U.S. Justice Department said this week that Hemet residents Olga and Jose Jimenez have been charged in a four-count indictment. Each faces a maximum sentence of 50 years in prison and $1 million in fines if convicted of all charges.
Officials say the eggs are considered a delicacy in Asia and believed to have aphrodisiac properties. Sea Turtle Conservancy spokeswoman told The Riverside Press-Enterprise the eggs typically bring between $3 and $5 each on the black market.
It wasn’t immediately known if the defendants have attorneys who could comment on the indictments.
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