US suspends Mexican avocado imports on eve of Super Bowl
The U.S. government has suspended imports of Mexican avocados after a U.S. plant safety inspector in Mexico received a threat.
Uncertain if the avocado situation is cartel demanding protection money, or cartel requiring growers to sell to cartel-owned middle men or importers.
And in BCS, the mob now controls many (most?) of the fishing coops seafood sales, forcing coops to sell only to mobsters, under threat of violence.
Are many of those yummy fish and veggies you see in Usa supermarkets cartel products?
Sad!
LancairDriver - 2-13-2022 at 06:39 PM
Report a situation at your own peril. It is alarming to see how fast these shakedowns are spreading from drugs and human trafficking to normal
commerce.pacificobob - 2-13-2022 at 07:04 PM
This happens in most places....just generally. less visible
Report a situation at your own peril. It is alarming to see how fast these shakedowns are spreading from drugs and human trafficking to normal
commerce.
This happens in most places....just generally. less visible
Just disconcerting that the remote rural fishing coops I am familiar with were free of mobsters pre-covid, and in 2021 all changed — threats of
violence now rule.
BajaBlanca - 2-14-2022 at 05:42 AM
Wow, how awful and mostly, how short sighted of the cartels to threaten an avo facility inspector. Did they think that would go over well? A
complete ban is the right thing to do, or the cycle will never end.JDCanuck - 2-14-2022 at 10:56 AM
A complete ban is the right thing to do, or the cycle will never end.
cartels have infiltrated most every industry in mexico. are you going to ban all mexican products from usa?
if mexico wants to get rid of cartel (in every business sector of mexico), then mexicans need to do it themselves.
of course, it does not help much that so many gringos in usa are in business with cartel, ranging from casual drug users to large usa importers that
pretend to be blind to their own business relationships with cartel-owned businesseschatolj - 2-14-2022 at 09:29 PM
( Goat Quote)
Just disconcerting that the remote rural fishing coops I am familiar with were free of mobsters pre-covid, and in 2021 all changed — threats of
violence now rule.
Not that I doubt the Cartel presence / actions in many locations and industries, but could you please list these rural fishing coop locations you have
personally seen their effects. I spend a bit of time fishing in semi remote areas where there are fishing operations and I would like to avoid
locations where "threats of violence rule". Gracias. BajaDanD - 2-16-2022 at 10:33 PM
Witch rural remote fishing coops are you familiar with. Do you go to these places or know anyone living there or are you just repeating stuff you've
heard. chatolj - 2-17-2022 at 06:41 AM
In my short time on this forum, I now believe that the Goat doesn't respond to civil and openminded questions and discussions. I might well be
incorrect on my take. Maybe if I use derogatory statements and pick a keyboard fight an answer will come. Please prove me wrong, its good for my ego.
advrider - 2-17-2022 at 07:02 PM
chatolj, you don't need to be here long to figure out the goat, you nailed it in no time. RFClark - 2-17-2022 at 09:45 PM
In other news, San Felipe had a fair sized drug bust yesterday. They even seized a few guns and a old US hand grenade! Lots of cops evertwhere!JDCanuck - 2-18-2022 at 11:51 AM
Interesting article in the NYTimes… your yummy guacamole is made with blood.
In Mexico, One Cartel Is Cleared, but Others Storm In In the state of Michoacán, small drug cartels compete with larger ones for territory, leaving the residents caught in the middle of a brutal turf
war.
In my short time on this forum, I now believe that the Goat doesn't respond to civil and openminded questions and discussions. I might well be
incorrect on my take. Maybe if I use derogatory statements and pick a keyboard fight an answer will come. Please prove me wrong, its good for my ego.
How observant you are for being on this board for such a short time. GOAT is our Mexican expert want-a-be. He has his very progressive view on life
and heavens to Bettsy, you have a different view or opinion than he has. He will not debate just start his belittling routine against you. If you do
have a different opinion, you better not post it cuz his true inner-soul will come out against you with vile name calling not just your but others
within your family group. It's no fun being called a racist, bigot, fat, short, idiot, i.e, just because you differ from his views.
JZ is now his target along with his supporters. After 4-5 years of trying to add a conservative perspective to this board I gave up. GOAT will say
otherwise. Once he and JJJ starting doxing my family and calling them nasty names I had enough and no longer offer my views or opinions. You can see
by my number of post I was once an active participant to this board. I'm just a fisherman from San Diego who would often fish the waters from my boat
from the border to Cabo and post these adventures.
GOAT is a fake keyboard troll who to the best of my knowledge has never been to Mexico. Don't waste your time trying to get proof out of him that he
has. His enjoyment in life is belittling people who have the nerve to post an opinion or thought that differs from his own. I had to laugh once when
he called me a fascist. I said to just look in the mirror if you want to see a "true blooded fascist" who wants to control this board with his views
and chase off others that differ.
I still enjoy this board looking for the few fishing adventures and other travel places in Mexico. bajatrailrider - 5-6-2022 at 10:25 PM
How true it is dont call him Goat Jack ASS much better. He could not survive on any other web site. sadly this one allows it pacificobob - 5-8-2022 at 08:03 AM
I enjoy goats posts. And frequently agree.
I also find the triggered reactions to those posts highly entertaining mtgoat666 - 6-4-2022 at 07:33 AM
For the skeptics that don’t think cartels rule in BCS fisheries….
[Edited on 6-4-2022 by mtgoat666]KaceyJ - 6-4-2022 at 09:40 AM
Goat
I can tell you what several fishermen I've known for a long time in the Mulege- Cachenia corridor have told me recently
They report being told how much they will now get for there fish instead of the market being set by the previous local buyer
Also , who can sell what seafood to whom
About all I want to saymtgoat666 - 6-4-2022 at 10:17 AM
Goat
I can tell you what several fishermen I've known for a long time in the Mulege- Cachenia corridor have told me recently
They report being told how much they will now get for there fish instead of the market being set by the previous local buyer
Also , who can sell what seafood to whom
About all I want to say
Yep. I was told the fishermen/coops are forced to sell to the cartel-owned (or cartel-controlled) buyers. And this only applies to the high-value
species like lobster and callo de hacha. As the cartel control matures, perhaps this will extend to other species.
The cartels are so embedded in many parts of Mexico’s economy, the elimination of cartel control may be very difficult to impossible. Mexico needs
a strong govt and strong business community to fight the cartels….BajaTed - 6-4-2022 at 10:26 AM
The cartels will continue to exploit until the sanctity of a contract is enforced by courts of law with economic sanctions. Capitalism can be used to
purge the bad if done wisely.
