Ke waiho nei ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me kāna ʻāpana pili ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i kahi pahu a me ka embargo ʻeke i nā huakaʻi i nā wahi i wae ʻia ma waena o 6 Iune a me 25 ʻAukake 2009.
ʻAʻole hiki i nā mea kūʻai aku e hele ana i kekahi mau wahi i Mexico, Caribbean, Central America a me ʻAmelika Hema ke nānā i nā ʻeke a i ʻole nā pahu i kēia manawa.
Pili ka embargo iā San Pedro Sula, Tegucigalpa a me San Salvador ma ʻAmelika Waena; ʻO Maracaibo, Cali, Medellin, La Paz, Santa Cruz a me Quito ma ʻAmelika Hema; Santo Domingo, Santiago, Port-au-Prince, Grenada a me Kingston ma ka Caribbean; Nassau, George-Town, Exuma, Marsh Harbor a me Freeport ma Bahamas; Guadalajara, Aguascalientes, San Luis Potosi, Chihuahua a me Leon ma Mekiko; a me nā mokulele ʻAmelika a pau i San Juan.
Hoʻokomo ʻia kahi pahu pahu pahu holoʻokoʻa mai nā mokulele mai, a i ʻole e hele ana ma ke kahua mokulele ʻo John F. Kennedy International o New York i nā wahi a pau o ka Caribbean a me ʻAmelika Latin. Aia pū kekahi ʻeke a me ka pahu pahu no nā mokulele i La Paz a me Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
Ma lalo o ka embargo, ʻaʻole e ʻae ʻia ka nui, ke kaumaha a me ka ukana keu ma nā mokulele i nā wahi i luna. ʻO nā ʻeke ma waena o 51 paona a me 70 paona ke kau ʻia ka uku o USD50. E ʻae ʻia kekahi ʻeke lawe ʻia me ka nui o 45 iniha a me ke kaumaha o 40lbs. E ʻae ʻia nā lako haʻuki ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka ʻokoʻa o ka ʻeke i hoʻopaʻa ʻia, akā hiki ke kau ʻia nā uku hou aku.
