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LA Times Report Highlights Corruption in Mexico’s Avocado Region

The California Avocado Commission said a new Los Angeles Times report detailing pervasive violence and intimidation in Mexico’s major avocado-producing region underscores the urgent need for USMCA import limits on Mexican avocados to protect US growers, safeguard the U.S. food supply and prevent criminal organizations from destroying a vitally important sector of American agriculture. The Times report, “Avocados were a lifeline — and then a bitter […]