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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.