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Mexico sends troops to improve security as U.S. halts avocado imports over 'threat'

By: Kate Linthicum

7 August 2026 at 00:32

The United States said it halted avocado inspection work in Mexico's Michoacán state because of a "threat to U.S. interests."

TANCITARO, MICHOACAN -- SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 2019: CUSEPT, an armed avocado police force, is a private security force funded by avocado growers, on patrol in Tancitaro, Michoacan, on Aug. 24, 2019. The entrance to Tancitaro, a population of roughly 30,000, claims it is the Avocado Capital of the World. Mexican cartels have evolved beyond drug trafficking; extortion and theft of the local avocado and timber industries. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)