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The Latest Breaking News from Michoacán

Five Members of Mexico's Armed Forces Are Dead After Alleged Jalisco Cartel Attack

Alleged members of the Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) took part in a series of violent clashes with members of the Mexican Army and National Guard that left at least five deaths

Latin Times

WATCH: Mexican Cartel Uses Drone To Drop Explosives On Alleged Rivals

A video that is going viral on social media shows how a criminal group in Mexico is using drones to drop explosives on a rival organization in the state of Michoacán.

Latin Times

Newly Appointed Warden in Sinaloa Prison Found To Have Links to Jalisco Cartel

Adrián Zapién Arenas was fired on Jan. 2020 by Michoacán Gov. Silvano Aureoles for allegedly facilitating a CJNG convoy to terrorize the community of Zamora

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Mexico’s Day of the Dead celebrations blend Indigenous customs and European thinking in surprising ways

Every year, five hours west of Mexico City on Lake Pátzcuaro in Michoacán, residents flock to the island of Janitzio to visit the graves of their departed relatives.

The Conversation

Mexican Navy Seizes More than Eight Tons of Drug Off Michoacan's Coast in Record Operation

With changes in drug demand, Michoacán ports have become key entry points for methamphetamine, synthetic opioids, and precursor chemicals smuggled from China.

Latin Times

Mexican Police Restore 'Order' In Michoacán Following Gang Assaults With Explosives And Roadblocks

A Mexican media outlet, citing unnamed police sources, said the attacks were linked to a conflict between criminal gangs, including Los Viagras, Cartel del Abuelo, Templar Knights and the larger Jalisco New Generation Cartel.

Latin Times

Two US inspectors are attacked in Mexico while checking fresh shipment of avocados

The suspension comes as criminal gangs in the country force growers into paying protection money over their ‘green gold’ crops

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US pauses avocado, mango inspections

Two USDA inspectors were reportedly held against their will and beaten during a police protest in Paracho

Salon

USDA pauses shipments of avocados and mangos from Michoacán over security concerns

Reuters reported that the suspension was linked to a protest in support of local police in the municipality of Paracho

Latin Times

How avocado impacts the environment

"Over time, though, every serving of avocado toast takes a toll on Michoacán's land, forests and water supply"

Salon

Avocados are a ‘green gold’ export for Mexico, but growing them is harming forests and waters

Consumers’ love for avocados in the United States seems to know no bounds. From 2001 through 2020, consumption of this fruit laden with healthy fats tripled nationwide, rising to over 8 pounds per person yearly.

The Conversation

Manny Robles Rediscovers Essence of La Palma, Michoacán with Love

Experience La Palma, Michoacán with Manny Robles as he/she delves into a nostalgic journey back home, all captured beautifully through Instagram posts.

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Mexico vigilante leader’s killing highlights failure to curb violence

Hipólito Mora’s death in a hail of bullets is just the latest murder as the country’s brutal crime conflict shows no sign of abating

The Guardian - US

Hipólito Mora, vigilante crusader against Mexico’s drug cartels, killed in ambush

One of the leaders of the violence-scarred country’s ‘self-defense’ movement was cut down in rural Michoacán

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Environmental defenders reel from Mexico and Central America attacks

At least two dozen activists in Indigenous and rural areas murdered, disappeared and jailed in wave of attacks

Texas Observer

The Dark Side of Jalisco’s Avocado Boom

As production stifles biodiversity, depletes water reserves and takes over wild land, environmentalists worry about Mexico's "green gold."

The Independent UK

Mexico earthquake – live: At least one dead after 7.6 magnitude quake strikes on chilling anniversary

The quake occurred on the exact anniversary of two previous disasters that killed thousands of people in 1985 and 2017

Salon

Avocado industry crosses into ganglands

Mexico’s cash crop has been an attractive business enterprise for American taste buds and crime cartels

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Trauma doctors say migrant injuries and deaths rose sharply as the border wall grew taller

SAN DIEGO — On a foggy night in mid-March, several family members from the Mexican state of Michoacán followed smugglers' instructions to climb the first of two border barriers to reach U.S. soil near San Diego.

The Guardian - US

Battle-scarred ghost town bears mute witness to Mexico’s drug wars

The army has reclaimed the village school that became a battlefield but few believe cartels’ bloody reign has ended

The Guardian - US

Eighth Mexican journalist to be killed in 2022 is shot outside his home

Armando Linares López gunned down six weeks after mourning the murder of a colleague in the same city in Michoacán state

The Conversation

How Mexico's lucrative avocado industry found itself smack in the middle of gangland

To the relief of avocado lovers from coast to coast, the recent drama between the United States and Mexico was fleeting.

Reason

How Drug Cartels and Federal Import Restrictions May Cancel Your Guacamole Plans

Almost all of America’s avocados come from a single Mexican state. A threatening message threw it into disarray.

Los Angeles Times

Avocado spat with Mexico puts California farmers in spotlight

LOS ANGELES — A security spat between the U.S. and Mexico that threatens the avocado supply in the U.S. is putting the spotlight on California farmers, a major U.S. supplier of the fruit.

The Independent UK

US suspends Mexican avocado imports after inspector receives ‘threatening phone call’

The avocado-producing state of Michoacán has been riven with violence between the Jalisco cartel and an alliance of smaller gangs

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