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Stingrays On Mexican Beach: Mystery As Hundreds Wash Up On Chachalacas (PICTURES)

LOOK: What Killed Hundreds Of Mexican Stingrays?
The Huffington Post UK

Disgruntled fisherman are being blamed for hundreds of stingrays found dead on a beach in the eastern Mexican state of Veracruz on Tuesday.

More than 250 littered Chachalacas beach and the state's Environment Minister, Victor Alvarado Martinez, has asked for federal help investigating the cause, reports the BBC.

Local witnesses however, say they saw fisherman dumping the carcasses after they weren't offered enough money for them.

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Chopped stingray wings are common snack in Veracruz restaurants

In a similar event earlier this year hundreds of thousands of dead prawns washed up on a beach in Chile.

Cases of individual beastly creatures washing up mystify horrified locals on a regular basis.

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Stingray carcasses litter the shore of the Chachalacas beach near the town of Ursulo Galvan on Mexico's Gulf Coast, Tuesday, July 16, 2013. Mexican authorities are investigating the death of at least 250 stingrays. Ursulo Galvan Mayor Martin Verdejo says witnesses told authorities fishermen dumped the stingrays on the beach because they weren't able to get a good price for them. Chopped stingray wings are commonly served as snacks in Veracruz restaurants. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez) (credit:AP)
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Stingray carcasses litter the shore of the Chachalacas beach near the town of Ursulo Galvan on Mexico's Gulf Coast, Tuesday, July 16, 2013. Mexican authorities are investigating the death of at least 250 stingrays. Ursulo Galvan Mayor Martin Verdejo says witnesses told authorities fishermen dumped the stingrays on the beach because they weren't able to get a good price for them. Chopped stingray wings are commonly served as snacks in Veracruz restaurants. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez) (credit:AP)
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A stingray carcass lays on the shore of the Chachalacas beach near the town of Ursulo Galvan on Mexico's Gulf Coast, Tuesday, July 16, 2013. Mexican authorities are investigating the death of at least 250 stingrays. Ursulo Galvan Mayor Martin Verdejo says witnesses told authorities fishermen dumped the stingrays on the beach because they weren't able to get a good price for them. Chopped stingray wings are commonly served as snacks in Veracruz restaurants. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez) (credit:AP)
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Stingray carcasses litter the shore of the Chachalacas beach near the town of Ursulo Galvan on Mexico's Gulf Coast, Tuesday, July 16, 2013. Mexican authorities are investigating the death of at least 250 stingrays. Ursulo Galvan Mayor Martin Verdejo says witnesses told authorities fishermen dumped the stingrays on the beach because they weren't able to get a good price for them. Chopped stingray wings are commonly served as snacks in Veracruz restaurants. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez) (credit:AP)
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Beachgoers walk past stingray carcasses on Chachalacas beach near the town of Ursulo Galvan on Mexico's Gulf Coast, Tuesday, July 16, 2013. Mexican authorities are investigating the death of at least 250 stingrays. Ursulo Galvan Mayor Martin Verdejo says witnesses told authorities fishermen dumped the stingrays on the beach because they weren't able to get a good price for them. Chopped stingray wings are commonly served as snacks in Veracruz restaurants. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez) (credit:AP)
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