Lemon and coconut, the crops that suffer the most from theft in Tecomán, Mexico

Published 2022년 2월 10일

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Tecomán is experiencing a surge in ant theft, with lemon and coconut crops being targeted. Thieves are stealing irrigation systems, including sprinklers and micro-sprinklers, which are then resold at high prices. Oscar Ávalos Verdugo, a producer and agricultural leader, has called on authorities to investigate these crimes properly, as he believes the damage causes significant financial loss to the producers. He also suggested that the authorities should question those found cutting fruit after working hours, as it is known that farmers work from 6 AM to 6 PM. Verdugo stresses that the theft of crops is similar to 'huachicoleo' (fuel theft) and needs to be addressed equally seriously by the authorities.

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YENSUNI LOPEZ ALDAPE. THE COMMENT. COLIMA. Lemon and coconut are among the crops that are suffering the most from ant theft in Tecomán, where orchards are being robbed, even of their irrigation systems, denounced the producer and agricultural leader, Oscar Ávalos Verdugo. At night, he explained, people enter the orchards, especially those closest to the urban sprawl, and vandalize the irrigation systems, which include sprinklers and micro-sprinklers that they resell at unusual prices, causing great damage to the producer. "Irrigation with a system is a great investment that changes the situation of the producer overnight." He said that the people of the municipality know that work hours in the field are from 6 in the morning to 6 in the afternoon, so finding people cutting fruit after that time should be suspicious, "the fair thing would be that the authority detain them and question them as the National Guard does at the time if it sees that you are transporting diesel or ...

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