# Mexico’s avocado exports to the US have been halted again

https://mins.news/en/video/16672

- The Associated Press, 2026-08-08 02:25 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65A34TOugrg

> Mexico has once again stopped sending avocados to the United States. The country began deploying 1,500 additional troops to the western state of Michoacan on Thursday. A day earlier, the US suspended government operations there, including inspections required for avocado exports, citing an unspecified threat to US interests.

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