2,000 finless shark carcasses found off Colombia; illegal Costa Rican fish trawlers suspected

Environmental authorities reported a massive shark massacre in the Malpelo Wildlife Sanctuary in Colombia's Pacific waters.

Some 2,000 hammerhead, Galapagos and whale sharks were found dead with their fins hacked off.
The finless shark carcasses were found on the ocean bed by a Russian team of divers who had come to study the large concentration of the ocean predators in Malpelo.

After the divers spotted 10 illegal fishing boats flying Costa Rican flags in the region near the massacre, they notified the Colombian government.  More Read