The True Cost Of Avocados | True Cost

Avocados are a $2.4 billion business in Mexico. That kind of cash has attracted drug cartels who are stealing land and forcing farmers to hand over their profits. To defend themselves, locals are arming up and forming vigilante groups to protect their avocados.
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The True Cost Of Avocados | True Cost

[@pygmygiant]

I can’t get over the incredible bravery of the Mexican people who see the acts of barbarity that cartels are capable of and choose to risk their lives standing up to them anyway.

[@LatinGhost916]

La Maña, not cartel.

[@itzzandrez8351]

Its hella funny seeing people commenting on something they know nothing of🤣🤣

[@StrangerHappened]

AND I can't get over the evil that the government of the USA is doing by forcing Mexico and other countries to keep hemp illegal which makes the cartels rich and powerful, leading to endless mass murders as well as tangentially causing migration crisis for which the poor countries are blamed for in the USA even though the USA is actually to blame.

[@manjack235]

@@itzzandrez8351 so what do you know ? tell us please

[@michelleyb.9709]

@@StrangerHappened Well get used to it. Brandon administration is determined to ruin everything everywhere

[@randomdude4136]

This is not the cost of Avocados, it's the cost of having Cartels ran rampant in your country due to a corrupt government and foreign influence. All industries in Mexico have to deal with the cartels not just farmers.

[@willcarlton3906]

Yeah exactly. Don’t get me wrong this is horrible either way but it’s a totally dishonest comparison.

[@Ja2808R]

Well said comment. I watch many docs about the cartels etc. it’s a whole different culture than America.

[@NevrrPresntt]

I think we all know that. They just need an exciting headline.

[@gardmyhr6121]

She seems kinda corrupt ngl, but feel sorry about the workers there.

[@violetviolet888]

It's also about informed Americans still paying for avocados despite the situation. If consumers stopped buying avocados, this wouldn't be an issue.

[@Changitojuanito]

This really hits hard…my family in Michoacán are also aguacateros and every year when I visit they always tell me that things keep getting worse. I pray to god that things get better soon 😞

[@chris.76256]

We can only wish your family and everyone there that things would get better

[@MasterGhostf]

I can't understand the feeling, but do know many people around the world support the work and pain they go through.

[@insectbite1714]

That is karma. You destroy the enviorment you get what karma gives you

[@MrJesterboi]

@@insectbite1714 jeez man

[@dogodogo5891]

@@insectbite1714 ur kind are good for avocado fertilizer how much should i pay for u?

[@mikvance]

Me: "I'm thinking of buying an electric car." World: "Yeah, there's conflict minerals in it." Me: "Okay, maybe I'll just upgrade my phone." World: "The phone made by children overseas?" Me: "Alright, lemme get some new shoes." World: "I told you about the kids, right?" Me: "I'm out of energy, lemme get some avocado toast." World: "Oh boy, do I got some breaking news for you!"

[@aldossnow3703]

Maybe I’ll just buy some gold from the Congo instead

[@GabGotti3]

Welcome to Capitalism homie!!!

[@Galland780]

@@GabGotti3 wtf Capitalism have to do with this lol. This is experienced by every single ideology in this fucked up planet.

[@JM-sm8ir]

I just had guacamole. You know Anything to support the farmers. But seriously what Government?? They're the real life heroes though seriously.

[@fauxque5057]

@@aldossnow3703 great idea, I'll stop by after picking up a load of blood diamonds

[@Skidmark0606]

Farmers that need to arm themselves in order to do their job is disheartening. Those goddamn cartels.

[@RH-iy6vq]

I feel sorry for the farmers, they are working so hard.

[@Jjjj-ue6wq]

🥑avocados from Mexico 🥑😥

[@nonec384]

manual pre industrial farming is probaly the best and easiest jobs, only at harvest that it demands a lot od hard work and peoplo , now days thats only for fruit and seasonal , is a "easy"(skillwise) job too

[@user-Doggo101]

Blame the cartel

[@livelyosprey]

@@nonec384 manual farming is long hard work. You should try it before you slate it

[@nonec384]

@@livelyosprey nah it aint , only harvesting and plating too i forgot that other wise you just prey it rains , do some weed removing most of the time is just waiting it grow in that time you can take care of animals...

[@explorerfoxy]

The problem is with Government and not with Avocados.

[@rayray9865]

And you are another person that has no idea what the hell they're talking about

[@rally411tv]

So ray should we stop buying those avocados and take away their livelihood? The problem is gangs and corruption not us buying avocados. This is how they can afford to defend themselves and hopefully make an impact on government to do more.

[@velb6399]

@@rayray9865 and you are too?

[@muff5568]

@@rayray9865 u should shut the hell up dude and you dont know what the hell you're talking about.

[@amritaparida3992]

@@rayray9865 You are the clueless fellow here in an absolute dillusion of others being clueless. The legit have to pay to POLICE to protect them as if as Police is any private entity and that too only the big farmers are able to do so. This should be enough of a reason to understand it's their inefficient govt.

[@notusneo]

Damn Mexico security situation just feels like medieval century where every region need a protection from local vigilante group or private army

[@noc4265]

This is an isolated region in michoacan, not at all representative of Mexico as a whole. Your comment is ignorant, your just eating up what the media feeds you without knowing anything about Mexico.

[@AngelNG-dw3rt]

Yeah, pretty much in the northen and some parts of the south got a good presence of organized crime. Sometimes cops are into it but I hope its not a extended thing only isolated cases. Just do the "mind your own business" thing and you'll be ignored

[@PG-3462]

@@noc4265 Your comment makes it seem like Mexico is as peaceful as Iceland 🙃

[@notusneo]

@@noc4265 yeah sure its not all of Mexico but still doesnt change the fact that avocado producing regions of all place is hella dangerous and the cartels bassically own the country lmao

[@noc4265]

@@PG-3462 ANY poor country has issues. Yes things do definitely happen in mexico that wouldnt happen in a western country but to say this video represents the entirety of Mexico is a crock. Seems like everybody and their grandma has a horror story about mexico yet theyve never been. Anybody that has actually been knows what im talking about. Most of mexico is not at all like the cartel videos you see in yt would lead you to believe. I never claimed it was “peaceful”. On average it is infact very unsafe, but at the same time rhe murder rate is heavily skewed by hot spots and criminals, that is criminals killing criminals.

[@cnutz3048]

When you're eating avocados just think this, You're eating a fruit that was protected like a president. Huge respect for those farmers.

[@entropicpedro]

What about cocaine?

[@nickhargreaves681]

I don't eat that muck, they don't even taste good

[@pietrojenkins6901]

Then buy conflict-free avocados from Kenia or Ethiopia .They're bigger actually.

[@h.r.169]

@@nickhargreaves681fix your tastebuds.

[@sgtjonzo]

​@@nickhargreaves681opinion

[@Cody_A_Rivas]

They should make full body armor made of titanium including a full head peice. Enter the avocado knights!

[@user-tzzglsstle585e38]

if only it's that simple young one

[@misterhat5823]

This isn't about avocados, it's about cartels. Substitute any other crop for avocados and you get the same thing.

[@noahblanco6105]

True, but no other crop gets the money that avocado does.

[@steviesevieria1868]

Oh yes, other “crops” make far more money

[@paulogarcia1766]

@@steviesevieria1868 I read a few years ago that supposedly avocados make more money than some drugs now.

[@misterhat5823]

@@steviesevieria1868 Excellent point.

[@misterhat5823]

@@paulogarcia1766 Very interesting.

[@skghtufir]

The whole country is corrupt..hardworking people suffer.

[@itzzandrez8351]

Every where is currupt

[@thdgcfx]

Mexicans can only blame themselves

[@xPreatorianx1]

@@thdgcfx Just like the American people can only blame themselves. Corruption exists on EVERY country of the planet. The only difference is how far up the chain it goes. America currently is experiencing the start of what other countries have experienced for decades.

[@sirrloin]

@@itzzandrez8351 not like Mexico corrupt...

[@52thephotoshop]

It really varies a lot by state some are safer than the us some are like this

[@GODISPOWER777]

I am happy to see that they are standing up for themselves!

[@drewywgx924]

Till the cartels that are more equipped than the military, go down the road in there 1 mile convoy of armored trucks 😂

[@catfat7876]

yeah us Americans need to start doing that as well…

[@firstname745]

@@drewywgx924 Don't underestimate armed farmers the US made that mistake 2 times already.

[@jayson7627]

Poor farmers having to defend for their lives due to its incompetent leaders.

[@NeykongTV]

the fact that they need torally just to ask the government for help speaks how disgustig their government is

[@josiahlutchman4913]

I'll never forget the story a guy told of his uncle back on the day, liking a girl and taking her out to dinner. They were living in Mexico. His uncle said some cartel members saw her, and fancied her and just kidnapped her and that was it....he never saw her and nothing could be done about it.....sad.

[@Mushroomlau]

Sheesh. Dark...

[@marcjailer1408]

I remember

[@niros9667]

This is so sad that they have to go through this. Imagine potentially losing your life for a damn piece of fruit....

[@hightide1500]

I guess paying extra for guacamole isnt so bad at Chipotle

[@moisessaldana389]

Not for a fruit it's for money always is they charge one land owner 68k a year for "protection " multiply that by however many land owners there is and that is how the cartels get all that money and they will kill for that money

[@tracybae20]

Fr fr. So sad.

[@ChuckCoy]

"Our obsession with avocados", and "it all started with NAFTA." Are we supposed to think a thriving avocado market is the cause of this suffering?

[@amh9494]

Aye it's a joke to blame consumers creating a gainful form of income for a region as the cause of the violence.

[@135Ops]

@@amh9494 You missed the point, it's Bill Clintons fault for lifting the ban on avocado imports.

[@amh9494]

@@135Ops 🤨 I missed a point, no you did evidently. Americans want avacados, Mexico can grow them, if it weren't for the cartels this would be a win for everyone. What kind of oddball thinks the best solution is to block avacado imports 🤦‍♂️ that way no one wins.

[@amh9494]

@@135Ops ps trade is good especially for commodities you cannot produce in sufficient numbers in your own country, every successful avacado farming family is another law abiding none emigrating group, again, everybody, wins.

[@davidanalyst671]

if we imported mexican jumping beans from mexico, the cartels would get involved

[@alejandrofelixgutierrez7956]

They have always been territorial, a friend went to university trip in Michoacan 5 years ago, he decided to take a walk with one of his class mates near an avocado farm, his acquaintance pick one that was on the ground (just like any other fruit, farmers dont sell the ones that fall),15 mins later two guys in motorbike came with a shotgun and point at them, they explain the circumstances and told them that they will give your avocado back, but the farmers after hearing the story calm down and gave the avocado to them.

[@absidkec99]

Respect to those brave Mexican farmers.

[@july9566]

More balls than the government lol

[@meow-vk7uq]

Aww man this really hurts my heart, the Mexican people seem so humble and kind. I really hope that they get the help they deserve

[@jatpack3]

Too humble. Sheep are preyed upon by both the wolves and the shepherd.

[@rickmartin541]

Hope yea that's realistic they don't need hope they need action

[@liiillllliiilllliilllliii9461]

Yeah most are humble and kind but there is still no law and order in Mexico

[@mar7268]

@@liiillllliiilllliilllliii9461 the cartels do unspeakable things to people. Everyone knows this which is why they rightfully fear them. The government, police, and military which are suppose to uphold law and order are not safe. The cartels threaten politicians to do what they say and politicians listen unless they want to make local headlines the next day for being assassinated. That’s why the mayor in this video didn’t make any promises since she knows what that would mean for her

[@tomatosteve3444]

@Norbert Ian Batocael not just weak but extremely corrupt beyond comprehension

[@lucidxnava6241]

As someone working in a produce department at a grocery store this is insane to see. As a first generation American this is heartbreaking.

[@steviesevieria1868]

Organize crime isn’t the fault of vegetables. This is kind of a loser channel with their Clickbait title

[@DoomShrm]

@@steviesevieria1868 obviously it's not. Drugs don't cause crime either. The promise of profit does.

[@steviesevieria1868]

@Dnjdjsjshs X7iwjejxi2 lmao, how the weather there in Russia today, comrade?

[@clove2307]

what dose you being any of these things have to do with it being heartbreaking LMFAO

[@pretzel2722]

Farmer : Pls dont say our name Insider : They have no official training with guns

[@leaalex63]

INVESTING IN FOREX/ CRYPTO NOW SHOULD BE IN EVERY WISE INDIVIDUAL'S LIST, IN SOME MONTHS TIME YOU WILL BE ECSTATIC WITH THE DECISION YOU MADE TODAY.

[@benwood7021]

to be successful in life there must be some vitals game to play by following the link of the rich ones as your mentor and always try to be good with them as your mentor so that you can get to the successful point you are aiming.

[@conradbayron6840]

@@benwood7021 That’s the fact sir.

[@conradbayron6840]

@@benwood7021 Successfully people don't become that way over-night, what most people are see at a glance-wealth, a great career, purpose-is the result of hard work and hustle over time.

[@giftbestman5191]

Most times having knowledge or insight a particular activity can as well be a best exercise.

[@giftbestman5191]

I can boldly say that forex is one of the pro-fitable money exchange ser-vices that elevates investors and their finan-cial status

[@aperson176]

Never realised it was this much trouble for farmers to deal with avocados, they have my respect.

[@davidanalyst671]

The reason el chapo is in prison inside the USA even though he runs a cartel in mexico is because he literally bribed the president of mexico with 100 million US dollars. The USA at that point realized we couldn't stand idly by while our CIA used drug money to fuel their intelligence empire.

[@matthewspry4217]

Meanwhile chows down on avocado frittatas on toast

[@littlepetkingdome7492]

Michoacan makes a lot of money from Avocados sales and is the biggest exporter to the U.S. Cartels take advantage of this. They steal the trucks from the farmers and will sell the stolen avocados instead and make money

[@zazudmaris8863]

Nagaland has a similar scene, not with avocados but with almost everything. The insurgents are now operating like cartels.

[@pranav7240]

I thought the central govt. was able to strike a peace deal with the militants

[@arc8244]

@@pranav7240 there are many insurgent groups in the north east. Now most have surrendered or are defeated or signed a peace deal but still some remain........

[@engineer3230]

@@arc8244 mainly nscn

[@daakudaddy5453]

I have been to Nagaland multiple times, no such thing happens now. Situation was very bad in the 80s and 90s, but they've managed to solve most of the problems. Also as far as I can tell, drugs don't get smuggled through Nagaland. They get into India from Nepal & Darjeeling route.

[@varunpreetsingh5440]

Can you explain more on current situation I wanna know.

[@justanotherguywithoutamous5788]

Yea half of them will end up rotten in someone’s house.

[@jiminchimmy7928]

Don't call me out like that.....It only happened once

[@samsonsoturian6013]

Men will fight over anything worth money, though

[@AngelNG-dw3rt]

Hey dude don't call me out with my half-rotten avocado in my refrigerator

[@MuddinNYC]

Yea that's me. I just tossed 8 of them . Didn't want to but the last time I ate rotten ones I shitted for a week. Always try to eat them cause of the crazy shit that goes into make them.

[@tomymelon6293]

People toil their lives away, make sacrifices, to appeal to insignificant leisure

[@Assault_corgi]

How is this Americans fault? You make it seem like we are the main reason for this cost. It’s Mexico’s fault 100%. The reason gangs don’t run America is our law enforcement training and our low percentage of corruption in our law enforcement. Along with federal law enforcement. Mexico is practically ran by the cartels. I feel safe to say it is ran by cartels there is no non corruption in Mexico. It’s why they are still 3rd world as a country.

[@alfredoperez9017]

The mexican civil war erroded the power of the fed to the point that it had make conssesions to the local warlords to get them to drop arms , and the republic that arose from the war was basically a one party state that had absolute power and was unchallenged for the last 100 years . There was a point when Mexico needed a one party state to bring some semblance of stability , but it far outstaed its welcome and allowed for deep seeded coruption .

[@BigDog-dw5ns]

Hey uh... US drug laws and enforcement created the cartels. The cartels were simple farmers once too, before their crop was made illegal without their consent.

[@BigDog-dw5ns]

So blame the DEA, not avocado eaters.

[@TacoStacks]

I thought this was going to be a video on how to make guac :/

[@johns.2994]

Gunz & Guac 😂

[@XSpamDragonX]

Lemme know when Business Insider is willing to make videos on the truth behind Tomatoes, Garlic, Cotton, etc. from Xinjiang.

[@someopinionateddirt6561]

What's happening there might I ask, and if you can point me towards resources where I can learn more about the matter?

[@neverlookback876]

@@someopinionateddirt6561 I literally came here to ask the same question I'm intrigued now x

[@sdqsdq6274]

lol, the state is full of shit , they just want to stop trade with china , why dont they ban avocado from mexico since its funding the cartels ?

[@XSpamDragonX]

@@neverlookback876 check above reply ^^^^^^

[@rottentomatoes5171]

Its crazy how you have to form a small gang just to be safe from the cartel. What's more crazy is that these small groups end up doing the same thing

[@gamesmile1440]

Not a gang but a militia.

[@swayback7375]

@@gamesmile1440 semantics; by any name there’s a real risk of these well meaning groups to devolve into violence. Even when they’re effective they create a power vacuum and they are ideally positioned to grab that power.

[@convolve]

You can’t fight evil with good all the time, especially when the evil is at an advantage.

[@Nz-tm3gs]

militia

[@TEN-perez]

not all of them end up doing the same thing have u been there or you just talking shit?

[@SpiritualBabe101]

Hello!! Sending love to these Avo farms. I too am in Avo country, in NZ. It's good work but I cannot imagine your struggles with cartel interfering with your livelihood.

[@ilyaskhatab8231]

"You need to pay us for ptotecting your land" "From who" "From ourselves"

[@nocturnalrythm9141]

"now they spend their time doing target practice instead of not farming" and then the perfect edit into a man not doing that.

[@TruestLovely]

Im sorry to know that the farmers have to do this but I am glad they are fighting for themselves. May they be protected and may the evil they face be brought to naught.

[@KuKicks]

This vid starts talkin about American's obsession with avocados. This vid is more about the people wanting to protect their livelihood. It's not all about us. Damn

[@Nest1117]

True, but the avocado market heavily relies on US market to flourish. Unfortunately the Mexican government also has a problem of corrupted politicians or they’d actually do something about the cartels. Basically hush money.

[@steviesevieria1868]

Totally right, has nothing to do with avocados and everything to do with organize crime.

[@thdgcfx]

Somehow trying to blame America for mexicans killing each other over a fuckin fruit lmfao

[@TheBooban]

@@HELLO7657 you missed the connection. Free trade agreements often fuel crime and corruption. American dollars are funding the cartel. With NAFTA, Mexican farmers are still poor, but suffering from violence. Perhaps they would have been better off without free trade deals. And it doesn’t stop in Mexico. American and western dollars are fueling the biggest crime syndicate in the world, the CCP.

[@coletrain5667]

@@TheBooban You can't be serious... Free trade fuels crime and corruption? What about PROHIBITION? The Mexican cartels were built on black markets for drugs! Go preach your protectionist non-sense somewhere else, preferably back in the 18th century where it belongs. I hear enough socialist nonsense from Democrats, now Republicans are preaching it too thanks to Trump...

[@المرتدالفخور]

Never knew avocado farmers dealt with this reality, it’s sad but that’s just a part of life there. I salute these hardworking farmers!

[@ericcochrane7379]

Good for them for defending themselves! I want to buy more avocados to support them.

[@Nz-tm3gs]

"Keep your rifle by your side!"

[@andresmanz]

Farmers have started banding together despite being in imminent danger for doing so. Local governments are also extorted by the narcos and politicians face death threats every day. It’s really the federal government’s ineptitude that fuels the crisis followed by the greed of exports to the US.

[@dodonodens8802]

Yeah

[@AngelNG-dw3rt]

Pretty much my guy. It all roots on incompetence and corruption and we can only laugh/cry at our political situation

[@steviesevieria1868]

@@AngelNG-dw3rt don’t worry the Donald Trump followers are trying to lead the United States down the same path…

[@simzyboi8551]

@@steviesevieria1868 what.... are you serious lmao

[@CeeZee001]

The cartels have gotten too rich and in turn powerful, so powerful they are at equal or greater force than the Mexican Marines. Queue the video of the marines shaking hands with Sinaloa cartels who were helping chapo's son escape capture. It's gotten out of hand. I can only hope for the best but a particular American federal alphabet group sold the cartels weapons under operation fast and furious. So US has their hands covered in blood as well. It's unfortunate, I'm just glad I am an American born Hispanic and I never take it for granted

[@---nk4mk]

Imagine going to the store to get avocados and you have a bullet in one.

[@dufferdude1205]

It’s not our crazing for Avocado, it could be anything. It’s about the government not protecting people which is supposed to be their job.

[@ksi8781]

Crazy craving habits for Instagram is the whole reason for this kind of tragedy, while most of us like to make *Instagramable* food there's people out there literally dying for that Instagram post, dont get me wrong mexico is screwed in terms of safety but this crazing is one of the or is the spark that light the fuel on fire

[@kblocks7266]

@@ksi8781 yeah i was thinking a lot of the world's problems could be solved be turning off the internet

[@bigmac22ify]

@@ksi8781 no it’s not calm down people had cravings for heroin and cocaine before the internet too. If it’s good people will want it. The problem is anything profitable the cartel wants a part of it

[@evil1by1]

@@ksi8781 pretty sure avocados aren't fueling the drug trade. Perhaps we should be turning the cancel culture train onto people who buy products that fuel drug cartels and human trafficking instead of ruining a soccer mom's life over not wanting to pee with men

[@spaceylacey83]

@@ksi8781 one one hand you have food and people wanting to eat and on the other you have dedicated criminals, murderers, and bullies. Why choose to lay the blame on the food?

[@Itsdeadfrosty]

“The true cost of our obsession with avocados” Yeah it’s our fault. Not the Mexican govts fault. Definitely not... 🤦‍♂️

[@gflores182]

The world’s obsession with avocados. Good for these Mexican patriots. Keep your property protected.

[@dertythegrower]

US grows better ones in Florida.

[@allanc3655]

@TuPut AhMadre You know not what you are talking about. Or just lying out you ass There were plantations in the Texas RGV and CA that were grown better fruit than Mexico. However Mexico cut the prices and many US farmers just stop picking because they could not make a living.

[@allanc3655]

@TuPut AhMadre Maybe you should learn how to listen and read. It even said it in the video. Before NAFTA the US grew it's own avocados. Avocados were ban from entering the US from mexico. However people that can only answer another's post with the word Lies, is not smart enough to be able to read and look up the history of avocado farming in the US. They are too busy showing how dumb they are. YES in you book, opinions and lies are facts; for you are pushing your lies very hard, trying to sell everyone that they are true.

[@EldeJal]

@@allanc3655 actually avocados from mexicoare better im not saying that just cause my family is from there but its true. Its the only place in the world that can grow them besides som parts of California but that’s another story and they are different types of avocados but if u really know about avocados and how creamy and the way they are supposed to be like then you know. And avocados came from mexico and they ended up planting some farms in California in certain hills that get the right temperature and elevation like in Michoacán

[@allanc3655]

@@EldeJal You better do some more research. Avocado are grown Puerto Rico, Philippines, Spain , many countries of the Mid East, HI, and all countries of central America. The reason the US get them from mexico and not other parts of the world is shipping cost. Some of the sweetest avocados come from FL. They are the best for cut and sliced. However they are not good for dip and item that require them to be mashed for the water starts to drain out of them. The largest avocados are grown in HI and are 3 to 4 lb. (record is over 5 lb) However as stated the true mexico avocado was a tough skin very little meat fruit. Rudolph Hass developed the ones grown in mexico (for growing in his home state of CA) and it was patented, However the mexicans did not honor the patent and stole it. Per top Chefs and Gourmet Foods the best avocado are the Dominican....(grown mainly in FL). they are green skin and the best tasting, and cost more However uneducated people write things without research and act as if they are authority on it YEP the mexican are thieves and are not satisfied with stealing patents and small things...they want to steal the whole US and make it into a 3rd world country. They are too lazy to do research and talk out their back side. (one thing they are authority of)

[@luckyunlucky3893]

3:57 "now, they spend their time doing target practice instead of farming" *proceeds to show a guy shooting like he's held a gun in his life before and holding a cigarette at the same time*

[@alexie832]

Vegans said avocados are better because it's not meat. They never said it's cruelty free.

[@mannyc6103]

@Jak Fitz Most of these farmers are poor and have no other options to provide for their families, easy to say what you said living across the other side of the wall…anyways

[@carlbowles1808]

Yeah thats right ✅

[@hexerey]

@Jak Fitz Get out of your bubble kid

[@facepalmingskeleton]

@Jakann Fitz have a choice? would you quit your job tomorrow looking for a better one with the certainty that you'll be able to pay the bills? Most people live from paycheck to paycheck and don't have that kind of freedom

[@entropicpedro]

Nothing is cruelty free... not in this universe, but some things are less cruel than others.

[@williammcgaffigan9961]

I like working in a grocery store knowing my avocados have seen war

[@UzumakiX5series]

Business Insider doing all kinds of videos nowadays and damn good at it too.

[@physicals]

They seem willing to put up with constant attacks from the cartels, I praise them for keeping their business alive and not letting the cartels control them.

[@kds365]

Anything of value needs to be protected in Mexico.

[@yeetnoodle9668]

Business insider: names the video true cost of avocados Also business insider: GUN

[@sigxm5thumb]

😂so funny when he talked about the unregistered firearms in the hands of the people trying to protect themselves and made sure to say it’s illegal but won’t say how the cartel gets theirs

[@Nose45674]

They dont talk about it cuz is obviouslly

[@LooksAbsent]

Subliminal message for gun control mandating in the us, didn't notice that bit in the video but yeah, although some of these news channels do want to cover issues around the world, they can't stop themselves from pushing some kind of agenda.

[@1DailyLife1]

About time this is getting shown this is been going on for years but now that the people fought back its getting more attention instead of giving it a blind eye. Im from there so i know how life is down there. Thanks for sharing this documentary🙏🤙

[@riomio7852]

Yall looking for merq work down there?

[@TheOldAmishMan]

Homeboy doing target practice with out flipping up his rear sight

[@nscaledelights]

Im not a big fan of avocados to tell you the truth but the government should be supporting the farmers a lot more.

[@tpwn01]

You guys should watch the avocado episode of Rotten in Netflix. A much more detailed look.

[@IggyWon]

"They have no formal training." No shit, most of them are hanging out with their fingers on their triggers and the dude in the thumbnail doesn't even have his rear sight deployed... and then just hip fires away at ~4:00. Brilliant.

[@RetroPlus]

It's insane to blame this on the avocados, they did nothing wrong

[@guymontag2948]

The title should read "The True Cost Of Corruption In Mexico." The avocados are creating profit, not cost.

[@BigDog-dw5ns]

or, "The True Cost of the US War on Drugs".

[@JonatasAdoM]

"But where there are avocados, now there are also guns." So, Texas?

[@reneeeli8645]

I pick them in my garden. But I genuinely cannot imagine what these people have to go through every day :(

[@riotwhy3357]

Can you grow avos in Canada?

[@reneeeli8645]

@@riotwhy3357 I'm in the Caribbean

[@MeetMyGreenBud7]

@@riotwhy3357 you wish

[@truefalse934]

@@riotwhy3357 Why did you assume OP lived in Canada ?? 💀💀

[@monkeyfuel69]

That’s not the “cost of our love of avocados”, that’s the cost of having a productive business in a country with massive corruption and illegal activity.

[@alejandrodj293]

Agradezco sus buenos gestos hacia nuestra tierra Mexicana y los hechos que se conllevan con respecto al tema de la inseguridad. Pero, no nos tengan lastima, ¡Nosotros somos fuertes!

[@charlesjuanpunisher1937]

Ola, dont worry we have huge respect for you hard working mexican people ❤ = mucho respeto por mexico

[@ting2222]

Good job. Protect your trade. It pays off to work hard. Be safe.

[@grandluaxe]

BI: they ask we dont reveal names to protect them also BI: heres the location of a facility you havent attack yet and heres the layout.

[@hautakleightontam771]

The cartels already know about every avocado farmer on their land. The man already admitted he was paying them 'protection' money.

[@astudentpilotlife]

My house where we have a huge avocados tree and we had people jump the fence just to "Steal some leaf and avocados". This was funny and we end up setting up a box full of avocado and give them out for free.

[@kuzumpacis8471]

My heart goes out to this Farmers... May they find security and peace in their land.

[@TomatoTom83]

As a sushi chief I used avocado to make sushi every day but I don’t know these about avocado, thanks for the videos

[@ADKaizenProductions]

Ahh Americans, we just love it when the things we want are covered in blood to get. Avocados are now the new blood diamonds.

[@stevewapner9061]

yeah those Americans and their immoral desire to eat food. stfu

[@debbiemarquis3231]

I grew up having avocados where I'm from when they were in season...never dreamt it would come to this..

[@EchaKiut]

Ikr. Never seen one like it

[@sn5301679]

Its similar with Yakuza early history. The problem is, after a while they will become the new gang and extort money from the farmers. Even police and army sometimes behave like that. 😭

[@mistermindahenziandalasnus3754]

That's some 7 Samurai situation happening in that town.

[@YusssoM]

4:54 ".. local here paid private security to keep the town safe". Sounds like an extortion to me lol

[@PhilliesNostalgia]

Anyone here after that US Inspector got threatened in Michoacán

[@204Baddogg]

I had no idea this has became such a big problem in recent years. I pray for all of the kind workers and their families. Thank you so much for the beautiful and delicious avocados that you produce. I pray that the danger you face subsides; no one should have to suffer for creating and protecting their livelihood. (Cartel = parasite)

[@wiggleypops2653]

This is accidentally a fantastic pro gun ad

[@patrickpleasant151]

Except for the fact that it's illegal to bear arms outside of your home in Mexico and these farmers are in just as much danger from the police who might gun them down or tie them up in court for years not to mention prison time, its a mess they need new gun laws and fast.

[@wiggleypops2653]

You say they need gun laws, I say they need something like the second ammendment, the hopes are that it isn't needed, but when it is, you can take matters into your own hands like the farmers are doing. Except you can do it legally

[@patrickpleasant151]

@@wiggleypops2653 Mexico actually has a right to bear arms in its constitution and has since 1857. Mexico along with Guatamala and the U.S.A are the only nations in the world that have constitutional gun rights interestingly.

[@patrickpleasant151]

@@wiggleypops2653 it's essentially much more restricted than most places in the U.S.A. but not far off from New York's or Philadelphia's laws and not as strict as Chicago or Washington DC but they need reform because bandits don't just attack people in their homes danger is everywhere and they need to be able to transport and open carry legally, that's an emergency right now.

[@wiggleypops2653]

@@patrickpleasant151 I didn't know much of the specifics, but I agree. They do need the right to legally transport and open carry.

[@FuzzyStayBuzzin183]

protect the avocado 🥑

[@Thyspitmacbre]

It’s crazy to me how much different my reality would be if I had stayed in my birth town, Ario de Rosales. I migrated to the U.S. less being than a year old and have a completely different life. I’ve always dreamed of going back to visit where I’m from, but it makes me sad that it’s going through such unfortunate times :(

[@AdrianHertz]

Me: Is this guac conflict free? Cashier: No that one is over there and it's 4 times more expensive Me: Putting the conflict guac in my cart

[@Si-Toecutter]

"criminals have started growing avocados themselves".... well surely thats good! your implying its a crime to grow em

[@joeojeda4651]

These are people that butcher people the r3pe the dead bodies etc.

[@insectbite1714]

@@joeojeda4651 reply reported. Only a matter of time before KZbin bans you. DELEATE THE REPLY NOW

[@AMBOSHER]

@@insectbite1714 what rule did he break?

[@AMBOSHER]

@@kirtan__ fair enough

[@soul0drinker]

you're thinking the enforcers and foot soldiers hav put down their guns and started farming. No, the local cartel associate groups just carve out some farmland and press-gang the locals or kidnap ppl and force them to grow avocados, turning them into serfs.

[@BlueSpaceRanger]

Yet we all still continue demanding for cheaper avocado toast.

[@amh9494]

Why not? Giving these farmers a legitimate demand that they can make a very decent income from is not a problem at all! You'd have to be psychotic with bias to blame anyone but the cartels and the inept government for this mess.

[@LooksAbsent]

@@amh9494 couldn't have said it better myself

[@iandestroyerofworlds576]

Mexico's people are some of the bravest and boldest. Mad respect.

[@thaknobodi]

Meanwhile my spoiled boss hates guns and refuses to teach his kids how they work.

[@tracybae20]

This is so sad. So anyone reading this comment PLEASE RESPECT anything or anyone that is from Mexico. Yall don't know the stories behind them, so sad.

[@aidenpearce7775]

2A is important after all, for enemies both foriegn and domestic.

[@cocothecoco7337]

Saddest part is those guns are probably illegal and the government might take them away like they have other times.

[@aidenpearce7775]

@@cocothecoco7337 on what grounds is it illegal, because its in the hand of individuals and not in the hands of the state?

[@jacoballen5538]

@@aidenpearce7775 they literally say like half a minute into the video most of the guns are illegal. Are you even listening

[@aidenpearce7775]

@@jacoballen5538 I listened. But does it matter of what kind? You want the best gun possinle to deter multiple oppnents. Why not a full auto AK / AR? should be leagal if you ask me.

[@benman1407]

yep it's a good thing they're illegal that way the bad guys can't have them... right guys?....... guys?

[@thehandleiwantedwasntavailable]

This type of story fills me with such sadness. And yet, such hope. Why is that?

[@satriaamiluhur622]

I'm so grateful that in indonesia we can just drive to local farmers markets and buy avocadoes for like 1$ per kilo, and if you haggle enough it could be cheaper

[@LanceWilliamson8]

Not the same kind

[@ima8533]

Same in Ethiopia, dirt cheap 20 cents a kilo and they look and taste just the same as any I can buy in the states

[@Clover_9777]

Hi I am also an Indonesian. It is $2-3 per kilo in my place haha. I still consider it expensive haha

[@takumifujiwara2951]

@AppleJuice to late we have been here in the us since you took Texas and California we literally been here longer than some white Immigrants cry about it 😭😭😭😭

[@rajendramodusu5980]

That quality of avocado js not even 1% as compared to Mexico avocado Same low quality avocado is grown in india

[@leexu2073]

This is why i love avocados and chocolate

[@lizard_girl]

it's still bizarre. I live in canada and I recognize the names on those boxes, even the stickers.. just absolutely bizzare of the conflict around such a common fruit that I work with every day in retail and produce departments has this much conflict and blood behind it

[@Ms.NoNo2]

I think I’m really going to invest in my food forest… no one deserves this. If you want a Acadia, grow them yourself. I hope they can find better pastures. Take their skills where they don’t have to live in fear.

[@jarettsalgado9844]

Wouldn’t be like that if the Mexican government wasn’t on pay roll from the cartels

[@Arz2003]

No wonder we pay $2.50 per avocado 🥑

[@nick4506]

where are you? they are like a buck a pound here in Los Angeles. though I have my own tree so I don't buy them that often.

[@FootySomalia]

Here in somalia costs $0.20

[@johnfran3218]

When things were at their very worst: 2 Suns, Cross in the sky, 2 comets will collide = don`t be afraid - repent, accept Lord`s Hand of Mercy. Scientists will say it was a global illusion. Beware - Jesus will never walk in flesh again. After WW3 - rise of the “ man of peace“ from the East = Antichrist - the most powerful, popular, charismatic and influential leader of all time. Many miracles will be attributed to him. He will imitate Jesus in every conceivable way. Don`t trust „pope“ Francis = the False Prophet - will seem to rise from the dead - will unite all Christian Churches and all Religions as one. One World Religion = the seat of the Antichrist. Benedict XVI is the last true pope - will be accused of a crime of which he is totally innocent. "The time for the schism in the Church is almost here and you must get prepared now" "Arab uprising will spark global unrest - Italy will trigger fall out" The Book of Truth

[@ima8533]

@@FootySomalia same in Ethiopia 20 cents a kilo

[@MuddinNYC]

You're kind of being ripped off. Even NYC only cost . 79 cents each. Less if you buy from Aldi

[@KeepCalmAndTravelOn]

Just eat local...and if where you live only turnips grow, tough luck! 😂

[@haylocktransport6695]

Got to protect the avocados ! There tasty in salad . Little bit of coca and butter and you smile .

[@mouadchaiabi]

Man, Mexico really is more violent than even Hollywood portrays it. They're killing each other over avocados. It sounds like something you'd watch on a Family Guy episode.

[@mar7268]

It’s the cartels. Any form to make money doesn’t matter if it’s through selling drugs, extortion of local farms and business, etc. Wherever there is money being made they want a cut and get it since people don’t want to be terrorized or killed if they refuse hence why militias like this exist. They’re scum and they’re the only reason Mexico is so violent.

[@nunyabiznes33]

Maybe but at least they're not bombing each other just out of spite.

[@mouadchaiabi]

@@mar7268 I totally agree. I also hate the fact that Hollywood is now glorifying the cartels and cartel leaders like Escobar when in reality they're more deadly than terrorist groups in the Middle-East.

[@themlffam6298]

Unfortunately Avocados have become the new blood diamonds😞

[@Dylan-le9zi]

“Rifles” great weapon because they give you three points of contact for more accurate fire. Buys rifles, shoots while smoking without utilizing shoulder stock.

[@benman1407]

lmao I saw that 'target practice' too

[@oldoneeye7516]

Please explain to me logic: "if I like and buy avocados, I make the situation shown in this video worse."? Because that is the message of the video - with no background. These farmers fear drug-cartells. Or in other words: gangsters who will try to get money wherever they can. You say: the farmers live in fear because they are making so much money that drug-cartells are now interested in the profits." - Sooooo the alternative is what? Keep them poor so the cartells are not interested any more? Or buy even more avocados so the farmers become a real power with real political influence?

[@noahblanco6105]

No, BUY Avocado's. The people fight for the avocado's. They don't fight for you to not buy them

[@insectbite1714]

Do not buy avicados as it destroys the enviorment

[@noahblanco6105]

@@insectbite1714 no it don't

[@Badboy52144]

Well done

[@jman9919]

This is not the consumers fault its the gangs fault.

[@normancharles2523]

Mexico is a beautiful country, and the people have big hearts and hard hands