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Brut America
  • 3/25/2025
Violence, theft, disappearances ...

Local farmers in Mexico are turning to a civilian armed group for protection from cartels. This is the war over avocado production in Mexico.
Transcript
00:00At first I was afraid to bring a gun, but after seeing everything they did to us,
00:04the way the criminal groups are, well, there is no fear anymore.
00:09Maybe you are afraid that one day you will leave your house and you do not know if you will return or not.
00:30One day they took him and my dad, and we never heard from him again,
00:44neither good nor bad, nor what they did to him, nothing.
01:00They took him and my dad, and we never heard from him again, neither good nor bad, nor what they did to him, nothing.
01:10They took him and my dad, and we never heard from him again, neither good nor bad, nor what they did to him, nothing.
01:26A little while ago they kidnapped a boy who also supported a barricade.
01:31We had to go for him, right?
01:34And it was not going to be given to him, it was just like an ambush, and there we lost an element that was my cousin.
01:48Those of us who know little more how to handle a gun, to those who do not know, we tell them how.
01:55To be continued
02:25To be continued
02:55To be continued
03:25Self-defense should not exist, because the responsibility of security belongs to the state.
03:37Self-defense was done here before and they were criminal groups, we are not criminals, we are just producers of avocados.
03:56To be continued
04:01To be continued
04:09To be continued
04:12Let the people who see us, not think that we are a criminal group.
04:15We are united people and that's how it will always be.
04:17We are to protect the people, not to steal the people.
04:21To be continued
04:25What can we do for the farmers?
04:29It's obvious, we are afraid.
04:31But if we are going to live with the fear and let them come in and do whatever they want, then no.