Forget #ElChapo …. They looking for El Huevo now!! 🤫🥚💨 😩🤣 #TeamDL #egg #huevo #eggshortage #mexico #border Repost from cnn • High prices are driving an increase in attempts to bring eggs into the US from Mexico, according to border officials. Officers at the San Diego Customs and Border Protection Office have seen an increase in the number of attempts to move eggs across the US-Mexico border. In a statement emailed to CNN, Customs and Border Protection public affairs specialist Gerrelaine Alcordo attributed the rise in attempted egg smuggling to the spiking cost of eggs in the US. A massive outbreak of deadly avian flu among American chicken flocks has caused egg prices to skyrocket, climbing 11.1% from November to December and 59.9% annually, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Read more at the link in bio. 📷: Customs and Border Protection