[ctxc]

Article tldr:

"Authorities were worried that tejocotes could carry highly destructive fruit flies into the States, threatening domestic orchards. Soon, there was a black market for the golden fruits, due to their rarity and the effort it took to bring them over the border."

[pkaye]

We just had some medfly detected in our country in California and the county has doing weekly treatments around our neighborhood.

https://pressreleases.cdfa.ca.gov/Home/PressRelease/62099064

[raldi]

Thank you, I came here to post this exact piece of buried clickbait antidote.