Avocado Imports Suspended By United States' Officials.<br />CNBC reports after an avocado safety inspector received threats while on the job in the western Mexican state of Michoacan, .<br />the United States government has temporarily suspended imports of all Mexican avocados.<br />According to CNBC, Mexican exports of Avocado have recently become the target of Michoacan's drug cartels.<br />U.S. health authorities...made the decision after one of their officials, who was carrying out inspections in Uruapan, Michoacan, received a threatening message on his official cellphone. statement from Mexico's Department of Agriculture, via CNN.<br />Michoacan is the only state in Mexico authorized to export avocados to the United States.<br />Since 2019, attempts of extortion among avocado growers and safety inspectors in Michoacan have exploded.<br />Many say drug cartels have threatened growers and their families, .<br />sometimes kidnapping children or senselessly murdering them if growers can't pay them protection money. .<br />facilitating the export of Mexican avocados to the U.S. and guaranteeing the safety of our agricultural inspection personnel go hand in hand. statement from the United States Embassy in Mexico.<br />We are working with the Mexican government to guarantee security conditions that would allow our personnel in Michoacan to resume operations. statement from the United States Embassy in Mexico.
