This is one of the reason Lemons, and I will include other, but primarily Avocados are so damned expensive. Illegals mostly are stealing the fruit, just as in this story. The farmers have to compensate for the theft as part of the costs to grow, and to market the product, thus the prices are sky high. Been going on for a long time.
Avocados are expensive for several reasons.
One, they don’t last long.............
Maybe Shannon Tweed could be elected a county sheriff to police the avocado jungle of theft? /movie ref.