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If you're a regular drinker of margaritas or gin and tonics, or maybe lime rickeys, you already know what's up: Limeaggedon is upon us.
A shortage in Mexico has made the fruit rare or, if you can get your hands on them, really expensive. It's now cheaper for you to buy a pound of crude oil from Mexico than a pound of limes.
We've already addressed some of the reasons behind the shortage, including nasty weather and a citrus bacteria, but another factor is lime crime. Drug cartels are making off with truckloads of them worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Raul Gallegos, contributor to Bloomberg View, has written about the lime crisis. He joins the show to fill us in on the latest.