Dangerous Mexican gang Cárteles Unidos called an American USDA inspector who was at a local facility and threatened to murder him if he didn't sign off their black market batch of avocados, according to local news reports.The threat led to the US Department of Agriculture imposing a ban on February 11 - creating an impending avocado crisis in the US, with supply of the popular staple sold at fast-food restaurants and finer dining establishments expected to run out in the next two weeks. Local newspapers revealed that 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 - the only Mexican state which is allowed to export to the US.
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