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Mexico’s avocado war may be linked to gang-turf massacre that left 19 dead
NY Post ^ | 08/13/2019 | Jackie Salo

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Mexico; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: agriculture; avocado; mexico; michoacn; trumpmexico
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To: momincombatboots

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.


21 posted on 08/13/2019 8:17:12 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: Jeff Chandler

Jeb it seems is a pusher!


22 posted on 08/13/2019 8:17:35 AM PDT by xp38
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To: Deaf Smith

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?


23 posted on 08/13/2019 8:17:53 AM PDT by KierkegaardMAN (This is the sort of stuff up with which I shall not put!)
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To: rrrod

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.


24 posted on 08/13/2019 8:18:22 AM PDT by Tennessee Conservative
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To: DFG

I look forward to my next serving of conflict guacamole.


25 posted on 08/13/2019 8:19:52 AM PDT by fruser1
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To: dp0622

You’re probably thinking of the artichoke war of the 20s, which didn’t happen either.


26 posted on 08/13/2019 8:22:05 AM PDT by fruser1
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To: DFG

My hugetree probably has at least 500. They are about half size right now. We can hardly wait. No necesito Mexico.


27 posted on 08/13/2019 8:24:08 AM PDT by doug from upland (Why the hell isn't Hillary Rodham Clinton in prison yet?)
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To: Ezekiel

Holey Moley guacamole!...............


28 posted on 08/13/2019 8:25:48 AM PDT by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain......................)
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To: Boogieman

If they only knew avocados are the richest in fat fruit there is..............


29 posted on 08/13/2019 8:26:36 AM PDT by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain......................)
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To: fruser1

LOL!!

I lost TWO uncles in that one.

But they were imaginary so it was ok. :)


30 posted on 08/13/2019 8:28:46 AM PDT by dp0622 (Bad, bad company Till the day I die.)
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To: Red Badger

Guac and load!


31 posted on 08/13/2019 8:29:56 AM PDT by Ezekiel (The pun is mightier than the s-word. Goy to the World!)
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To: Ezekiel
VERY well played!
32 posted on 08/13/2019 8:30:26 AM PDT by null and void (Heaven has an impenetrable wall, and a welcoming gate for those qualified, Hell is wide open.)
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To: fruser1; artichokegrower
You’re probably thinking of the artichoke war of the 20s, which didn’t happen either.

May as well ping him...

33 posted on 08/13/2019 8:33:04 AM PDT by null and void (Heaven has an impenetrable wall, and a welcoming gate for those qualified, Hell is wide open.)
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To: Ezekiel

You’re on fire today!


34 posted on 08/13/2019 8:34:11 AM PDT by null and void (Heaven has an impenetrable wall, and a welcoming gate for those qualified, Hell is wide open.)
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To: DFG

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.


35 posted on 08/13/2019 8:35:08 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: COBOL2Java
Here's another one.


36 posted on 08/13/2019 8:37:10 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs
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To: null and void

Yup. Cocaine and guacamole. If you comsume them, you’ve got blood on your hands.


37 posted on 08/13/2019 8:37:24 AM PDT by gundog ( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
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To: DFG

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.


38 posted on 08/13/2019 8:37:45 AM PDT by CrazyIvan (The Democrat party. A collaboration of Cloward-Piven and Dunning-Kruger.)
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To: rrrod
Avocados from Peru and Colombia are much better..

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.

39 posted on 08/13/2019 8:39:59 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: null and void

Pass the salt! :)


40 posted on 08/13/2019 8:44:55 AM PDT by Ezekiel (The pun is mightier than the s-word. Goy to the World!)
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