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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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"Avocados from Mexico"
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posted on
08/13/2019 8:01:13 AM PDT
by
DFG
To: DFG
I remember the Great Avocado War of the 1920s.
actually I don’t :)
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posted on
08/13/2019 8:03:12 AM PDT
by
dp0622
(Bad, bad company Till the day I die.)
To: DFG; avacado
Avocados are murder, man...
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posted on
08/13/2019 8:04:15 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Heaven has an impenetrable wall, and a welcoming gate for those qualified, Hell is wide open.)
To: DFG
I blame all those boho-chic girls who have to have their avocado toast every day for this violence. If they would just eat some eggs and bacon like a real American, the avocado cartels would be out of business!
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posted on
08/13/2019 8:04:22 AM PDT
by
Boogieman
To: DFG
Avocado Toast Hipsters Kill!
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posted on
08/13/2019 8:05:34 AM PDT
by
TADSLOS
(You know why you can enjoy a day at the Zoo? Because walls work.)
To: DFG
Didn’t George Burns comment on them in “Oh God”?
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posted on
08/13/2019 8:05:44 AM PDT
by
OttawaFreeper
("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966)
To: DFG
Dying for an avocado? I have seen a touch of avocado worship here, but not that bad. This article is ripe for memes.
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posted on
08/13/2019 8:05:44 AM PDT
by
momincombatboots
(Do you know anyone who isnÂ’t a socialist after 65? Freedom exchanged cash, a medicare card control.)
To: DFG
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posted on
08/13/2019 8:06:28 AM PDT
by
Uncle Miltie
(Epstein proves it's all a charade.)
To: DFG
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posted on
08/13/2019 8:06:38 AM PDT
by
ImJustAnotherOkie
(All I know is The I read in the papers.)
To: DFG
If you remember, Tom Sellick broke the California watering regulations to keep his Avocado's going. Can nothing stop to Big Avocado?
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posted on
08/13/2019 8:08:36 AM PDT
by
ImJustAnotherOkie
(All I know is The I read in the papers.)
To: TADSLOS
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posted on
08/13/2019 8:09:01 AM PDT
by
VanShuyten
(Er"...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.")
To: DFG
𝅘𝅥𝅮 Avocados from Mexico! 𝅘𝅥𝅮
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posted on
08/13/2019 8:10:24 AM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(AOC: The brain of a tea bisquit)
To: momincombatboots; Daffynition; Red Badger
This article is ripe for memes. Avocados... pitting one gang against another.
Definitely not the place for the thin-skinned.
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posted on
08/13/2019 8:10:52 AM PDT
by
Ezekiel
(The pun is mightier than the s-word. Goy to the World!)
To: OttawaFreeper
Didn’t George Burns comment on them in “Oh God”?
**********
Yes , he commented that he made the seeds too large in response to a question about regrets/errors...
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posted on
08/13/2019 8:11:19 AM PDT
by
Neidermeyer
(There's a Tesla owner born every minute.)
To: DFG
Avocados from Peru and Colombia are much better..
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posted on
08/13/2019 8:12:06 AM PDT
by
rrrod
(just an old guy with a gun in his pocket)
To: null and void
Avocados from Mexico = Blood Fruit.
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posted on
08/13/2019 8:13:13 AM PDT
by
Deaf Smith
(When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's fore sure)
To: DFG
My college roommate had a VW bug painted avocado green.
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posted on
08/13/2019 8:14:52 AM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: null and void
Avocados are murder, man... Who Hass the avocado body count ping list?
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posted on
08/13/2019 8:15:53 AM PDT
by
Ezekiel
(The pun is mightier than the s-word. Goy to the World!)
To: DFG
The infamous Guac 13 gang.
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posted on
08/13/2019 8:15:59 AM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(This Space For Rant)
To: TADSLOS
Proof that hipsters ruin EVERYTHING they touch!
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posted on
08/13/2019 8:17:01 AM PDT
by
gr8eman
(Only the mediocre are always at their best)
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