How the Avocado Trade Fuels Organized Crime in Mexico

Change Agents with Andy Stumpf

IRONCLAD

Society & Culture

4.9 • 648 Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2024

⏱️ 66 minutes

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On today's episode, Andy talks with Romain Le Cour, a senior expert on organized crime in Mexico, about how the cartels are extorting the avocado industry. They discuss the impact on farmers, local communities, and efforts to combat cartel influence. Change Agents is an IRONCLAD Original. SPONSORS: Firecracker Farm Use code IRONCLAD to get 15% off your first order at https://firecracker.farm/ Allegiance Gold Go to https://ProtectWithAndy.com to get exclusive lowest pricing on the market for select gold bars or call (844) 790-9191 to talk to an account representative. MTNTOUGH Go to ⁠https://mtntough.com⁠ and enter code CHANGEAGENTS to receive 40% OFF - a savings of about $100 off your MTNTOUGH+ annual subscription. BORN PRIMITIVE Shop the Capsule Collection at bornprimitive.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:41.0	The thing is you have bandits, you have other criminals, you have corrupt police, you have competition,
0:48.5	you know, criminal groups in competition with the one I'm working with.
0:51.7	So what I will ask my criminal group of choice
0:56.0	is to protect my London business against other threats.
1:00.0	So I will now also pay the criminal group
1:03.0	to protect my land, protect my workers.
1:06.0	And then I will probably ask the criminal group,
1:09.0	because it's the way it works in many regions of Mexico,
1:11.6	to protect my trucks and protect my goods when they move from my land to the processing areas and warehouses that take the products and export it to the US, for example.
1:24.6	How can I help? How can I be useful in ending needless suffering? Do not be afraid of work that has no end.
1:33.3	We have to organize a social movement.
1:38.3	We have an opportunity to lead by example versus just talking, hot air.
1:46.3	I think the more people in this fight, the more we grow, eventually it could change.
1:51.0	You know, the people are the ones that can make the change.
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