alt Hacker NewsThe article is very clear that the issue arose in 2021 and the main causes are increased migration / cattle smuggling across the Darien Gap and over zealous COVID lockdowns. But sure, cherry pick that quote because you want to blame something that happened 4 years after the problem started.
> The article is very clear that the issue arose in 2021
“Sometime around 2023, the barrier at Panama failed”
And further text suggesting a fairly normal incursion in ‘21 that didn’t become a major issue until much later.
> and over zealous COVID lockdowns
“The disruption caused by COVID-19 seems to be partly to blame”
I love when people insert hyper-inflammatory bullshit because they have a stupid axe to grind.
There are like, 10 paragraphs of equally relevant contributors, but you picked out the two that make you angry and are pretending those are the “main causes”?
Come the fuck on.