Posted on 03/06/2022 3:46:24 PM PST by RomanSoldier19
Avocados are wildly important in the U.S., and most are imported from Mexico. This week, the U.S. briefly banned Mexican avocados after a U.S. inspector in the state of Michoacan reported receiving threats. But avocados and limes have long been used by drug cartels to help finance their violent business plans. Emily Green reports for VICE News from Mexico and joins us from Mexico City. Thanks so much for being with us.
EMILY GREEN: Thanks so much for having me on.
SIMON: How would you describe the role cartels have in the agricultural business, specifically avocados and limes?
GREEN: Well, avocados are an extremely lucrative business in Mexico. Roughly $2.8 billion worth of avocados are exported from Michoacan to the United States every single year. And so we're talking about lots and lots of money. And what do cartels do? They like to siphon off that money. These organized crime groups use avocados. They use limes as a source of profit. They tax them. And so that's been a dynamic for a very, very long time. I think - what sources tell me might be changing now is that organized crime groups are not just trying to tax these agricultural products, they're also trying to manipulate and control the market.
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I say we just kill all the cartels, their families, their friends and anybody else associated with these movers.
Kill them ALL.
Shades of Ciro Teranova
I make burritos once in awhile. It’s easier to slice the avocado and put it on than it is to go through the hassle of making guacamole. Add the sour cream and melted cheese-what’s the difference?
Crazy killers from Mexico. (the jingle)
I find avocados are just too hard to time. It’s a rock for a week, ripe for eight seconds, and then brown fruit fly food. To hell with avocado toast. Real Americans eat STRAWBERRY JAM AND LIKE IT.
Is that Debbie Harry?
I guess The Tide isn’t the only thing that’s high.
Seriously?????
A person could live and die without ever having tasted an avocado and not have been deprived.
Damn! Now its going to be the Bureau of Alcohol,Tobacco, Firearms, Explosives, Limes, and Avocados!
I love avocados, but I’ll just buy the Haas variety. I guess California is slightly better than Mexico.
“Mexican drug cartels are getting into the avocado and lime business”
Posted in 2017
“I find avocados are just too hard to time. It’s a rock for a week, ripe for eight seconds, and then brown fruit fly food.”
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Here’s your fix. Buy them rock hard, let them sit in a bowl on your counter, out of the sun. In a day or two, you should be able to discern a very slight softness if you apply gentle pressure with your fingertips. When you do, stick them in the fridge and they are good for a week at least. Keep them in a bowl, don’t let them rattle around in the veggie drawer, as they bruise easily. But I usually eat them long before then.
Chili peppers.
Quick! someone send a memo to Jeb Bush about this.
We finally found the “JEB!” Bush connection to cartels- since he was selling quacamole bowls on his website! YES! Please clap (for and with Chi-com money—Schweizer’s “Red-Handed”
Hate the taste of avocados. They can disappear as far as I’m concerned.
2 years ago..........
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