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Industry Groups Tie Farm Extortion to 10–20% Food Price Rise After Limon Grower Leader’s Killing

They urge a coordinated security strategy to safeguard producers and the country’s food supply.

Overview

  • Bernardo Bravo, a national representative of lemon producers, was killed in Michoacán, a sector long targeted by criminal extortion.
  • Concamin said investigators detained a suspected intellectual author of the crime against Bravo.
  • The CNA and Concamin estimate that extortion and related disruptions are adding 10–20% to the cost of some food products.
  • President Claudia Sheinbaum lamented the killing and said the Security Cabinet is supporting state authorities to ensure justice.
  • An official brief stated Bravo had three assigned guards and an armored vehicle and was accompanied by one escort until arriving at the Apatzingán lemon market, where he was no longer under protection.