Avocados aren’t that harmless anymore UNfortunately :)
but, yeah @LiberalLibrarian
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/13/americas/avocado-cartel-us-mexico-intl-latam/index.html
for all the non-link clickers out there… @LiberalLibrarian
“expansion of the avocado market…has been “deeply intertwined” with the violent groups & corrupt public authorities. …researchers described how criminal groups illegally burn and log protected forests and bribe local officials to change permissions of the land…80% of avocado orchards in Michoacán were established illegally, “initially through unauthorized land use that was turned into legal parcels thanks to corruption of authorities.”
@Armchaircouch Oh for Pete's sake. Organized crime touches everything, it seems.
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I guess it’s just an expansion of similar crime syndicates in the past, like how in New York the mob was also involved in a lot of actual business operations.
in Afghanistan, terrorists are involved with minerals and mining of things that trendy influencers buy and resell, precious stones, and such. I don’t think the influencers have any idea who they are supporting. @LiberalLibrarian