LatinNews Daily - 14 August 2024

*The government of Mexico’s Michoacán state has confirmed that lime packing workers have gone on strike due to a drop in prices of the fruit. In a statement, the state interior minister, Carlos Torres Piña, said that the cost of citrus had dropped to M$7 (US$0.37) or M$8 per kilo purchased from producers in recent months, with prices also falling in the municipal markets in recent weeks. Torres stated that 70% of packers in Buenavista municipality had stopped operations and 80% in Apatzingán, while in the municipalities of Múgica, Parácuaro, Tepalcatepec, Aguililla and La Huacana, commercial activities were still continuing as normal. Torres stated the government was in “permanent dialogue” with the lime packers and producers. The confirmation comes after the local press reported that lime producers and packers were halting operations earlier this week due to security concerns and the increase in extortion from organised criminal groups. Asked about these concerns in a press conference on 13 August, Mexico’s President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum said there was currently an initiative in the lower chamber of congress for extortion to be classified as a serious crime and subject to mandatory pre-trial detention. 

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