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Lemon trees in Michoacan They returned to the cutting and packing plants after several hours of strike, under threats from organized crime that they should buy and pay the rent.
Some of the producers and businessmen revealed to this newspaper that it is difficult to stop the cutting due to the volume of production they handle and have to deliver to the distribution, in addition to the fact that the expenses in the plants continue to run, as well as the salaries of the cutters.
“We are restarting production under threats that we must buy and pay,” or they will threaten our lives, commented one of the lemon growers interviewed.
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In Michoacán there are 75 lemon packing plants, being one of the main entities that supply the green fruit to the country from locations such as Apatzingan y Buenavistatwo of the areas most affected by extortionists.
Just on Tuesday, 24 HORAS published information that the estimated right of protection for lemon growers increased from one peso to two pesos per kilo, 100%, due to other things because production dropped a little, and some companies decided to stop working.
“They don’t care if there is more or less lemon, they want their quotas and so they raised our price from 1 to 2 pesos per kilo.”
The sources specified that it is an estimate, because in reality the quotas are paid per truck, per van that leaves by trailer, based on an estimate of the tons that are taken out to be traded from Michoacán.
He Agricultural Markets Consulting Group recorded that in the first half of September the citrus fruit was between 50 and 60 pesos in the Mexico City Central Supply Centeran indicator that the product was significantly overpriced.
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Michoacan workers had stopped work since Saturday, September 14 and until Wednesday 18th, on one side by the bridge of the National Holidays and on the other hand in protest against the murder of the businessman Jose Luis Aguiñagawho according to sources spoken to by this newspaper was vilely executed after refusing to pay a higher fee for the lemon in his packing plant.
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2024-09-20 22:57:32