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Inside Mexico's Anti Avavocato militias by Alexander Semmon.

Phone service was down, a fuse had blown in the cell tower during a recent storm,

even though my arrival had been cleared with the government of Cheeran in advance.

The armed guard at the highway checkpoint, decked out in full fatigues, the wrong

shade to pass for her Mexican military uniform, refused to wave me through.

My guide Uly Eskamilla assured him that we had an appointment and that we could prove it if only we could call or text our envoy.

The officer gripped his rifle with both hands and peered into the windows of our rental car.

We tried to explain ourselves.

We were journalists writing about the town's war with the Avocato

and had plans to meet with the local council.

We finally managed to recall the first name of our point person on the council,

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