The Federal Attorney General's Office (FGR) in Mexico reported the arrest of a person in the coastal region of Chiapas for illegally transporting 1,800 sea turtle eggs. ^[1] Federal agents in Chiapas, Mexico, intercepted a passenger bus transporting 8,000 sea turtle eggs on the Arriaga-Tapanatepec highway. ^[2] An anonymous tip to the Federal Ministerial Police, based in Arriaga, indicated that a passenger bus was moving the eggs for commercial sale along the highway connecting Juchitán, Oaxaca, and Arriaga, Chiapas. ^[3] Federal agents intercepted the bus at kilometer 029+000 on the Arriaga-Tapanatepec stretch and apprehended the individual. ^[4] The driver was arrested for transporting marine turtle eggs without the corresponding permit from the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources. ^[5] The eggs were discovered hidden in three cardboard boxes inside the bus during an inspection. ^[6] Both the arrested individual and the secured eggs were placed at the disposal of the federal public prosecutor's office. ^[7] The seizure was triggered by an anonymous tip to the Federal Ministerial Police regarding a planned transport on the Juchitán to Arriaga route. ^[8]