• 3 days ago
The avocado craze has reached Mexican drug cartels.
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00:00But this is the original avocado from Mexico.
00:03Music
00:27Now they are exploiting the forest,
00:30eliminating it completely to plant avocados,
00:34because avocados are the green gold.
00:37Music
00:58They cause, in some cases, kidney problems,
01:01in other cases, malformations,
01:04in pregnant women, fetuses,
01:06in other cases, liver problems,
01:10and this is happening all over the avocado farm.
01:14Music
01:35There are a lot of people who don't really know
01:38where the money comes from,
01:40with which they buy the land and plant it.
01:43Music