The USDA has announced it is pausing further safety inspections of Mexican avocados over security concerns. The move comes after a security incident last weekend in the state of Michoacan, the heart of the Mexico’s avocado industry and a place where drug cartels have made serious inroads. Marco Werman speaks with Romain Le Cour, senior expert at the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime about how and why cartels targeted avocados.
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