Why Are Mexican Drug Cartels Fighting to Control the Avocado Industry?

Merry Jane
Sep 30, 2019, 2:54 pm203 pts
As smuggling weed into the US becomes less and less profitable, drug cartels in Mexico are refocusing their efforts on another green product: avocados. In Michoacán, four different drug cartels are currently vying to take control of the region's avocado industry. Around 80 percent of all of Mexico's avocado…

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