Posted on 08/13/2019 8:01:13 AM PDT by DFG
The gruesome display of 19 bodies scattered in Mexico may be linked to a vicious war, not over drugs but avocados, according to a report.
Mexican police on Thursday discovered nine bodies hanging from a bridge, seven more slaughtered and another three dumped in what authorities say was a gang-turf massacre in the western state of Michoacán.
Falko Ernst, an International Crisis Group researcher who studies cartels, said the fight over the region’s billion-dollar avocado industry was likely the largest factor in the bloodbath.
Around 80 percent of the avocados imported into the US come from Michoacán, according to the US Department of Agriculture.
“The big magnet here is avocados,” Ernst told the Guardian.
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No, they are dying because they resist the crime lords taking over.
It’s really dying because someone wants to rule over people who don’t want to be ruled.
We should help them by simply killing everyone associated with the cartels.
Jeb it seems is a pusher!
The thuggery in these countries needs to be eliminated by superior force. Every aspect of this country’s economy is infected by corruption. Citizens flee to the north and Trump is the bad guy?
I don’t know where mine come from but I eat one every day in a salad. They are heart healthy and my cholesterol went down after I started eating one a day so.....I’ll keep eating them.
I look forward to my next serving of conflict guacamole.
You’re probably thinking of the artichoke war of the 20s, which didn’t happen either.
My hugetree probably has at least 500. They are about half size right now. We can hardly wait. No necesito Mexico.
Holey Moley guacamole!...............
If they only knew avocados are the richest in fat fruit there is..............
LOL!!
I lost TWO uncles in that one.
But they were imaginary so it was ok. :)
Guac and load!
May as well ping him...
You’re on fire today!
I traveled through Michoacán, in a rental car, down Route 15, in the summer of 1975. It’s a beautiful state with lakes and mountains that resemble the Rockies, the Sierra Nevada and the Alps. However, I wouldn’t drive that route today.
Yup. Cocaine and guacamole. If you comsume them, you’ve got blood on your hands.
Someone’s going to have to answered to Mongo, my Rottwieler. He absolutely loves avacado. He’ll choose them over red meat, I’ve tested him.
Haven't had any of those, but I'm partial to California avocados. I live in La Habra, just south of La Habra Heights, where Rudolph Hass developed his famous avocado.
Pass the salt! :)
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