northwest coast. it's a turtle poaching hot spot as species come to mexico to nest eggs. losing sleep, literally, in his fight to protect these endangered turtles and their babies. take a look. >> last year, we could have 200,000 turtles coming to tha layer eggs but this year we are 50% less. people is not supposed to poach them but people believe the eggs are an aphrodesiac. this is happening always and everywhere. i'm patroling the puerto vallarto beaches to protect the turtles. if you are not there for the poachers to say, well, let's take it. after they lay their eggs, the babies are alone. the sea turtle returns to the ocean. it's right here. we find a nest, get the eggs and bring them into a safe place, like a turtle hatchery.