But there’s a problem: boycotting Mexican avocados is probably not a good way to fight the cartels...If we want to sap the cartels’ strength, there are better ways to do so.As Rolling Stone reports, a 2013 University of San Diego study found that "nearly half of all gun stores in the United States would go out of business were it not for the sales boost provided by the carnage in Mexico". Trump’s border wall and tightened immigration policy have also been a boon to cartels, who are able to charge more for complicated, high-stakes human smuggling operations.