{"id":65773,"date":"2026-10-13T12:05:49","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T16:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=65773"},"modified":"2026-10-13T12:05:49","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T16:05:49","slug":"avocados-as-instruments-of-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=65773","title":{"rendered":"Avocados As Instruments Of War"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Monday, The Daily Signal<\/a> posted an article about the role avocados are playing in the fight against Mexico’s cartels.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

All the Republicans in California\u2019s<\/a> congressional delegation are advocating for tighter restrictions on the Mexican avocado trade in an effort to thwart Mexican drug cartels.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cCartels should not be able to use their influence over Mexico\u2019s avocado supply chain to game the American market. Period,\u201d Rep. James Gallagher, R-Calif., told the Daily Signal. \u201cSudden import surges are driving down prices and putting American avocado production at risk. We need fair trade rules that protect lawful American growers.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gallagher\u2019s statement to the Daily Signal comes days after he, alongside fellow California Republican Reps. Jay Obernolte, Ken Calvert, Young Kim, David Valadao, Darrell Issa, and Vince Fong, sent a letter<\/a> to President Donald Trump\u2019s administration urging the federal government to put an end to the potentially deadly trade.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s why I penned a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, calling for reasonable and enforceable limits on avocado import surges as part of negotiations over the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA),\u201d Gallagher continued.<\/strong><\/p>\n

As it stands, Hass avocados from the Mexican states of Michoacan and Jalisco, known as drug cartel<\/a> hotspots, are allowed to be sold in the United States as long as they comply with regulations<\/a> from the U.S. Department of Agriculture\u2019s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Reports estimate that around 90%<\/a> of all avocados in U.S. markets come from Mexico.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In their letter, the lawmakers added that Mexican drug cartels<\/a>, which have allegedly stolen avocado farms from law-abiding Mexican citizens, are now profiting from the sale of those avocados while interfering with U.S. Department of Agriculture inspections and controlling transportation routes.<\/strong><\/p>\n

To further support its argument, the letter also cited the fact that Mexico\u2019s government has been forced to deploy its military to avocado-harvesting regions across the country.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It seems odd to be talking about avocados in relation to Mexican cartels, but this is another example of the consequences of not being self-sufficient. We are now going to have to achieve avocado independence along with energy independence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On Monday, The Daily Signal posted an article about the role avocados are playing in the fight against Mexico’s cartels. The article reports: All the Republicans in California\u2019s congressional delegation are advocating for tighter restrictions on the Mexican avocado trade … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[20319,30,20320,10397,20321],"class_list":["post-65773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-avocados","tag-california","tag-mexican-cartels","tag-the-daily-signal","tag-u-s-mexico-canada-agreement-usmca"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=65773"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65775,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65773\/revisions\/65775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=65773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=65773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=65773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}