Caliber 60

Latino USA

My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.9 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2023

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

This week Latino USA brings you an episode of the Caliber 60 podcast.

Avocado consumption has exploded in the U.S. over the past decade. But what’s rarely seen is the rotten underbelly of this industry, controlled by armed groups in Mexico who use smuggled weapons from the U.S. to keep control over this lucrative business. Meet Linda, who lives in Ixtaro, a small avocado producer town. She experienced unimaginable horrors while under the siege of narcos.

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0:00.0	Hey dear listener, a quick favor.
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0:22.8	Thank you.
0:32.8	Hola, LatinoUSA listener, it's Maria Inohosa.
0:36.8	Today we're going to share an episode of Caliber 60.
0:41.3	It's a podcast by our colleagues over at Texas Public Radio.
0:45.3	The limited series with episodes in both English and Spanish is hosted by Mexican journalist
0:49.8	Stefania Corpí, an Argentine photojournalist, doya Sarno Jordan.
0:55.4	Caliber 60 dives into how the trafficking of illegal arms from the United States to Mexico
1:01.6	impacts on the displacement of Mexicans.
1:05.6	On episode one, we meet Linda, who is forced to flee her hometown of Mitrecan, which is
1:11.9	the avocado capital of the world, as armed groups tighten their grip of the lucrative avocado
1:18.9	industry with weapons smuggled from the U.S.
1:23.9	Here's Caliber 60, episode one.
1:29.9	This podcast was supported by the Pulitzer Center.
1:42.9	Si es mole hace con chile ojillo en negro.
1:47.9	When Linda makes mole, the traditional Mexican dish that combines over 40 ingredients,
1:52.9	she doesn't need a recipe.
1:54.9	She remembers every step by heart.
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