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Avocado Prices Keep Going Up. Blame Narcoinflation.

Cartel extortion is pushing up prices in Mexico — and becoming a political problem President Claudia Sheinbaum can’t ignore.

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An avocado tree in Michoacán, Mexico, June 2024. The state, which supplies most avocados destined for the United States, has been the site of rising cartel violence.
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