The U.S. has halted all avocado inspections in Michoacan, Mexico’s top avocado-exporting state, due to escalating cartel threats and worker safety concerns — a move that could disrupt America’s avocado supply chain and impact thousands of jobs, as Michoacan supplies 80% of U.S. avocados amid rising extortion and violence tied to powerful cartels, including the recent arrest of “El Poncho,” a cartel boss with a $5 million U.S. bounty.

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