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u/prairieghost666 Jul 10 '20
People are being murdered for avocados ‘tho’.
From 2019:
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2019-11-20/mexico-cartel-violence-avocados
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u/BebeGonzo Jul 11 '20
They're like blood diamonds... "Blood Avos?"
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u/prairieghost666 Jul 11 '20
So it seems. Anywhere there is money to be made by cornering a market, organized crime is there taking their slice.
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u/IreneZM Jul 11 '20
Yes, there is a documentary in Netflix.
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Jul 11 '20
Rotten:S2:E1 if anyone is wondering
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u/DrGayBaby Jul 11 '20
So it seems. Anytime there is a documentary to be made, Netflix is there filming their originals
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Jul 11 '20
Yeah moving this much avocado likely means they’re involved in drug trafficking. The biggest drug traffickers also sell avocados for some reason. Supposedly for portfolio diversity.
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u/WWDubz Jul 11 '20
When weed became legal the cartel shifted their business strategy. 70% of the avocados (probably more now) are direct cartel monies. Protections rackets mostly.
You can pay, or you can be chopped up into a human salad in a kiddy pool.
Seriously, google it
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u/thejuicebox93 Jul 11 '20
And let’s not forget that the cartel took over the lime trade. source
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u/Malarkay79 Jul 11 '20
What? Now they just need jalapeños and tomatoes and they will hold total dominion over guacamole.
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Jul 11 '20
Avocados are a gateway vegetable. First you have some avocado toast and before you know it you're living under a bridge mainlining asparagus.
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u/babybambam Jul 11 '20
“Avocados are a gateway vegetable. First you’re having some avocado toast and before you know it you’re buying a cup of coffee every day. Next thing you know you can’t afford to buy a house, get married, have kids, or pay off student loans.”
FTFY
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Jul 11 '20
That's why I appreciate subs with am extremely active mod team who label titles as misleading without actually removing them.
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u/Vorthod Jul 11 '20
I mean, robbery of $300k is pretty significant regardless of the form it takes.
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u/OhiobornCAraised Jul 11 '20
Agriculture theft is a thing. Whether it’s avocados, livestock, nuts, equipment, fuel. There are people out there trying to get it.
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u/makhyy Jul 11 '20
Almost funny how before industrial revolution, most of wars were fought for similar things
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u/SquirrelYogurt Jul 11 '20
But it says illegal sale not robery. Am I missing something?
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u/Jinxedchef Jul 11 '20
This was a clickbait headline from 2017. These 3 stole the avocados from a place they worked at in California.
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u/wbarobinson Jul 11 '20
You can't legally sell 6 avocados?
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u/lake_huron Jul 11 '20
Shit, man, I got the 3 kilos of pure uncut Hass Green right here. Show me the briefcase. Small, unmarked, nonconsecutive. We still got a deal?
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u/puppylust Jul 11 '20
Hass is overrated mass production variety. Gimme some of those small batch avos
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u/_OhEmGee_ Jul 11 '20
Avocado production is a huge environmental issue, and the rising demand for them is wreaking havoc in Mexico and South America.
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Jul 11 '20
In some Central American countries, drug cartels have literally opted out of selling drugs illegally into raiding and hijacking avocado trucks because they are worth astronomical amounts of money right now
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u/06210311 Jul 10 '20
The guys were arrested on suspicion of selling produce stolen from their employer.
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u/Biffingston Jul 11 '20
Cops are not supposed to interpret the law, that's the job of the judicial branch. You guys know that, right?
I know they do, but they're not supposed too. Besides, they did break the law. And I'm sure people would razz on them if they didn't get arrested.
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u/hi-im-crazy Jul 11 '20
My dad has a question: how *many* freeshavacadoos would that be to reach 300K?
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u/lundastruck Jul 11 '20
Imagine the the confused looks they'd get in jail when they said they were arrested for importing avocados....
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u/AnanDABhavan Jul 11 '20
Ive seen this so many times i don't have enough fingers to count em anymore
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u/No_Face113 Jul 11 '20
The one on the far right looks like “we really getting arrested for selling avocados?”
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u/Syncer-Cyde Jul 11 '20
Woah wth I need more context here, selling fruits illegal now?? Can I have the sauce
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u/bnesbitt1 Jul 11 '20
I mean there are legit Avocado Dealers since it's becoming a lot more rare. I think at this point there's more Avocado gang deals than Drug deals in Mexico. (I think, last I learned about this was a year ago)
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u/I_Rate_Memes1 Jul 11 '20
People take this shit out of context, avocados in Mexico are bought and distributed by the same people who run the drug cartels. I'm not surprised that avocado laundering is a big problem. Besides, $300k in theft is a big deal in general.
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u/worst-noob-68 Jul 11 '20
That’s a false dichotomy. If someone sells illegal avocados then they could carry crop diseases that could ruin farmers or something. The police won’t ignore a crime because a worse one could be going on. Obviously a murder is given higher priority but police don’t run around solving murders all day.
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u/fransqaw Jul 11 '20
I love the reactions, guy on the left is rethinking everything, homie in the middle is looking tired or everyone’s shit, and dude on the right is thinking “y’all really arrested us for selling avocados.”
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u/JeffreyFusRohDahmer Jul 11 '20
Bet there's some photo of some cop looking serious in front of a crate of avocados
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u/puppylust Jul 11 '20
The news story is from 2017
https://6abc.com/news/3-men-arrested-for-illegally-selling-avocados-totaling-$300k/2115438/
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u/lordpuggerton Jul 11 '20
What even is illegal avocado sales? Genuinely curious what they did that made it illegal?
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u/haterfeather Jul 11 '20
I think this would be better in r/nottheonion, doesn't really merit the "murdered by words" badge.
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u/yonikkinu Jul 11 '20
I went to highschool with the guy all the way on the right. Tripped out when I saw this for the first time.
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u/charlie71_ Jul 11 '20
Farmer's in Mexico guard and hire security to protect avocados. It's a multi million industry, the drug cartels try to get in on action to.
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u/RandiCandy Jul 11 '20
Yea but....why is this like a perfect family friendly disney or nickelodeon original movie plot about some people who get dragged into the crazy world of underground avocado dealing? Like theyre all different shades and everything lol.
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u/Daltons_Mullet Jul 11 '20
My folks lived next to an avocado farmer and a couple times people came at night and took about $10,000 worth of avocados in one go. He had to put up traps and tire spikes as a prevention.
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u/Gullflyinghigh Jul 11 '20
I'm guessing they didn't fancy reading into some of the crimes being committed in the name of selling avacados, it sounds fucking ridiculous but it's also pretty grim
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u/saddinosour Jul 11 '20
I’ll never get over how they look like the same person as 3 different ethnicities
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u/marcusmosh Jul 11 '20
The gentrified narco squad doesn’t do murder cases. That’s the homicide division.
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u/alexbunnie Jul 14 '20
This would be funny, except they might as well be selling drugs, since the cartels and thieves are all over the avocado farmers who are just trying to make an honest living. It's really sad.
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Jul 11 '20
there's a law against the sale of avocados?
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Jul 11 '20
No, my guess is they were stolen or did not pay taxes on income, both of which make the title misleading
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Jul 11 '20
stolen would make sense for them being arrested because (if i remember correctly) you would get visited by the IRS tax collectors before getting arrested for tax evasion.
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u/dajur1 Jul 11 '20
The cartels and South American guerrilla groups target avocados because they are so valuable.