And, along with that bit of climate bad news - is the report that the watermelon crop flooded out - and now contraband Mexican watermelons are flooding San Pedro town. We asked Mai about it:
Reporter
"I understand that there are reports that especially the market in San Pedro is flooded with contraband Mexican products."
Jose Mai, Minister of Agriculture
"That's one of the problems we have on the very porous borders, that if you have a problem with your production, with your supply, clearly there will be illegal importation, but San Pedro has always been a problem for us with contraband, always, always, always."
"And so, that doesn't surprise me that they have contraband on the market, but again, whenever you have bad weather, you lose your crops, you lose your sweet pepper, you lose your tomatoes, I mean, they will try to find a way to import."
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