Puerto Villamil

This move has been hotly debated, and has created political incidents including one in 2000 when a group of sea cucumber fishermen kidnapped baby tortoises in order to have the government extend their fishing limits.

[4][5] The modern church Iglesia Cristo Salvador in the middle of town is worth a visit because of its colourful wall paintings depicting various typical animals and landscapes of the island.

[citation needed] It leads through mangrove environments passing along saltwater lagoons filled with flamingo, black-winged stilts, Hudsonian whimbrels, Bahama pintails, and common gallinules that come here to sweep the mud in search of brine shrimp.

To the southeast of town are a series of small islets including one known as Las Tintoreras where a colony of white tip sharks can often be seen resting in the lava channel.

The prisoners were forced to build the El Muro de las Lágrimas, a wall with a height of up to 20 meters consisting of black lava stones which is well-preserved.