The vigilantes guard against incursions by the Jalisco cartel. Cartels, police and vigilantes alike are spooked by the Jalisco cartel onslaught. “If they close the door on us in the United States, everything would come crashing down.”A worker fills crates with avocados at a packing warehouse in Ziracuaretiro, Michoacan. In San Juan Parangaricutiro, De la Guante is an example of how avocados have lifted many in Michoacan out of poverty. Adriana Villicaña, a professor at Univa Catholic University in Uruapan, said the avocado boom has lifted thousands out of poverty.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 23, 2019 06:22 UTC