Due to its beauty and surrounding shallow water, Salmedina Island once attracted numerous visitors. But some partiers got the tourist draw closed to visitors in 2018 and it remains so to this day. The islet, in the state of Veracruz, Mexico, east of the Chopas Reef is a spawning point for hawksbill turtles. As a result, the site is a protected area guarded by both the Aquarium of Veracruz A.C. and the Reef System National Park of Veracruz. Enmedio Island and Salmedina Island, Veracruz. Isla Enmedio e Isla Salmedina, en Veracruz. (Urvashi Makwana) The government forbade public events on the island in 2018, after receiving a report that set off the alarms at Veracruz’s Federal Delegation of Profepa (Mexico’s Environmental Agency) and the National Commission of Protected Natural Areas.