The drama began when the Cárteles Unidos stamped a batch of avocados from the central state of Puebla as if they had been produced and packaged in Michoacán.
Restaurateurs and shippers expect their supplies to run out in the next two weeks while also contending with avocado prices that have doubled and are expected to keep going up.
“This town cannot risk destroying this historic treasure by allowing a development that not only does not fit the environment but egregiously out-scales the entire town,” writes Nancy Lazenby.