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Starting this Monday and after a week of strike, the lemon producers They returned to the balers and to the cutting in the fields, after reaching an agreement with federal authorities and premises with greater security.
Sources close to the negotiations told 24 HORAS that they will seek to arrest the extortionists and impose greater state force with authorities from all the levels in the area.
The lemon growers threaten that if order is not restored to the state, they will immediately stop work in Apatzingan y Buenavistathe two main production areas of Mexican lemon consumed in the country.
During the almost eight days that activities were halted, since last Monday, the cost of citrus rose more than 100%.
Carlos Cisneros, who has a family business of flavored waters in the Historic Center, revealed that the box of lemon that he got in 250 pesos had to be paid up to 700 pesos.
In it State of Mexico, Joshua Soteloowner of a grocery store, said that a kilo of lemon went from 35 to 60, 70 pesos, since there are no lemons, there is a shortage.
Other sources consulted within the Supply Center The capital city’s residents, who did not want to reveal their identity to avoid problems, said that no lemons have arrived for several days and that the ones they are selling are reserves they had in warehouses.
Meanwhile, the National Alliance of Small Business Owners He said there was still no reason to raise the cost of green fruit, since there were still sufficient inventories in the main plants.
The cases are different in the different localities of the metropolitan area, since in a preliminary survey it was detected that there is lemon since 30 pesos, 40 pesos and up to 100 pesos, depending on where it is purchased, and the quality and type of citrus.
Voices in Apatzingán with whom this newspaper spoke said they had given a vote of confidence, but insisted that there would be no turning back, so if they continue to be affected by extortionists they will return to the strike.
During the last week, 32 plants had stopped cutting and packing work in Apatzingan, Michoacan; In addition to 24 semi-paralyzed plants in Buenavista and 13 in Múgica.
It was revealed that five packing plants in Parácuaro, for some reason, are operating normally, since they have not been affected by the extortionists.
Michoacán is the entity that leads the delivery of lemons to the entire country with 66,500 hectares geo-positioned and 3,500 producers in eight municipalities where Buenavista It occupies first place with 22,411 hectares of sowing and harvesting and Apatzingán with 17,955 hectares.
This is the second time that lemon growers have carried out a production and packaging strike, accusing the scourge of extortionists in the state. The last time was in August 2023, when the kilo of the fruit reached 120 pesos after several days of shortage due to this same situation.
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2024-08-23 05:42:28