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US Suspends Avocado Imports from Mexico after Threat to Inspector

By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF After a U.S. agricultural inspector in the Mexican state of Michoacán received an anonymous phone call threatening his life, the United States has suspended Mexican avocado indefinitely, disrupting a $2.4 billion industry, Mexican authorities said Sunday, Feb. 13. According to Mexico’s Agriculture Secretariat, the U..S. official received a threatening message on his cellphone, leading

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