The US has temporarily halted avocado shipments from a violence-ridden Mexican state after an American health inspector was threatened, 's agriculture ministry said Saturday.The abrupt suspension of the key guacamole ingredient - which came a day ahead of this year's - came after a health official received a threatening call to his cell phone, the Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development said in a .The health worker had been carrying out an inspection in Uruapan, a city in Michoacán, a gang-plagued region that's among Mexico's deadliest states. It has for decades been used as a drug-trafficking hub and the situation has only worsened amid frequent armed struggles for power between rival cartels.
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