Patt Morrison: California transplant has been a destroyer of agriculture and scourge of politicians for 50 years
Briefly

In the early 1980s and 1990s, the Mediterranean fruit fly returned as a significant pest, threatening California's $16-billion agriculture industry and spurring urgent quarantine measures.
This Story encompasses various elements: conspiracy theories, night-time helicopter patrols, and a one-legged Green Beret; illustrating the surreal nature of combating the Medfly crisis.
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