Defending Avocado Farms From Drug Cartels

[@kazzz2765]

Bruh they sent a journalist with avocado allergies to make a documentary about avocadoes

[@justforfun-jp2vc]

gringo stuf

[@sharoyea]

Had this EXACT thought... smh

[@whathell6t]

Also. He was forced to eat Rabbit with Spicy Chocolate Sauce. That’s lucky 🍀 and awesome. Rabbit is good meat, especially among Indigenous Mexicans tribes.

[@starmaker75]

I sometimes wonder if a requirement for being a vice journalist is not valuing your life. I mean it would explain there quality of videos at times

[@ProudGabe]

he doesn’t speak spanish either

[@nigle556]

*journalist that doesn't speak Spanish and is allergic to Avocados VICE: He's perfect.

[@jepulis6674]

Yes. Should find a native speaker who has farmed avocados before and has also worked for and against cartels.

[@sleepyrowdy1826]

Vice being vice

[@Emma.S.]

Vice HAS to have a Mexican journalist, the company is pretty big. Or at least I thought

[@mintymus]

I don't know if I should eat this thing...I am allergic. EHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE

[@killer2931]

@@jepulis6674 it doesn't have to be that specific but why would they send someone allergic to avacados. That's like sending someone with a nut allergy to do a documentary on peanut farms. It's probably not as serious of an allergy as a nut allergy but still, at least send someone not allergic to the subject matter.

[@kek207]

I feel bad about the farmers. They are working an honest job and people try to take it from them

[@commandomkz6451]

The Government and the cartels are the enemy of hard working people in Mexico.

[@zohandvir7606]

@OMEGALUL Clap Every country in Europe is capitalist and we have it fine. It's better that people are unequally rich than everybody is equally poor.

[@theonesolrac9888]

It’s because the Democratic Party lifted the trade ban on avocados in 97. Put all the US farmers out of business in the cartels went and took over all the avocado farms. Good ol Democrats destroying the economy every chance They get

[@princejain4960]

@Kate Simpson you're kidding!

[@mimmi5631]

What would you du when you are under threat on yo ass

[@cristoalachouzos3651]

its actually so insane how a single fruit is able to change this whole community for the better, and then the cartels try to take that away.

[@dengajing2015]

they heard money

[@uniteeternal4721]

anything that involves money, theyll try to take it away from them. I hope my people strive and find peace, these cartels are destruction to the mexico community

[@Betterhose]

Think about how sugar cane, tobacco and cotton changed the world. Europeans were craving them so much, that the farmers became the wealthiest men of their era. Wealth that enabled the transition of one of many colonies into an indepentent nation. Millions of people were shipped thousands of miles across an ocean to work as slaves to increase the production.

[@mouzier]

You should see what banana did to countries like Nicaragua

[@crissalinas5608]

It pisses me off to see what cartels did to my country. Tomato farmers in my home state of Sinaloa are extorted daily. People say that decriminalization of drugs would end it, but it’d just lead cartels to pick on us folks who work in agriculture, oil and gas, etc.

[@soun6589]

Those men are heroes and the true spirit of Mexico; Mexico exists because of brave men like them.

[@rubylove6176]

🇲🇽✨🙌🏽💯

[@ryanspring7649]

Then why have so many run away? If all those who've illegally immigrated to the US stayed, united and fought the cartels, they cartels would be easily defeated

[@soun6589]

@@ryanspring7649 I was specifically referring to those men.

[@sayiangod9404]

@@ryanspring7649 agreed

[@African_crusader]

@@ryanspring7649 cuz more mexicans are willing to join cartels than fight against them, its simply joining the winning side

[@thebeldam5823]

These poor people trying to make a living legit and legally and the cartels don't even have enough respect to leave them alone.. no respect in Mexico. God bless these people

[@ScumbagProgram]

🙏🏼

[@generalgrizzly7914]

cartels even started taking over the routes immigrants use to get to the USA and basically will extort the families back home in order for their travelers to make it to the US.

[@corazondonquixote]

@@generalgrizzly7914 “have started” lol they’ve been doing this

[@jltaco85]

@@generalgrizzly7914 Actually most cartels just want drug mules to smuggle their product into the u.s., a friend of mine got here in california two years ago by smuggling meth for the cartel. Didn't pay a dime to coyotes.

[@YesterdaysWonderland]

You guys say “god bless these people” but when they come to the us for refugee reasons it’s “GO BACK TO YOUR COUNTRY”. SMH America

[@zits56able]

They sent the one person on the planet that's allergic to avocado to do a fucking film on avocado 😭

[@jaxstax2406]

I didn't even know you could get allergic to avocadoes. Maybe that was vices plan all along - to subtly inform the public that there are people in this world that are allergic to avocadoes.

[@Valkatron]

It's survival of the fittest at Vice these days.

[@sebp400]

they're high in histamine.. you're wrong to say he's ''the only person''.

[@ndnaf3705]

@@jaxstax2406 my lips and inside my mouth swells and gets itchy a bit when I eat avocados🥑. Also with bananas🍌. But I eat them anyway cuz I love them.

[@jonathan99097]

@@ndnaf3705 exact same with me, it's very subtle though. People just love criticizing

[@KindaSemiCompetent]

The state of Mexico, the cartels and the government, is really sad. Such a beautiful country and great people being kept in a state of fear.

[@rohitroll2119]

The "people" make up the cartels and government.

[@KindaSemiCompetent]

@@rohitroll2119 Lol that’s like saying US politicians represent the people

[@LiveDieTrolling]

The fight agaisnt them has never been stronger. the Cartels aren't what they use to be in the 80s and 90s. The violence you see is becasue they have less control now, not more. As for the government, yes it has alot to do with cartel corruption, but that is slowly being replace with normal people. Their days are numbers

[@markbrophy5454]

We live in fear in the United States, too, except we fear a virus that only affects sick people.

[@snipdeath]

@@LiveDieTrolling Statistics show that you are wrong. The cartels are indeed stronger now than ever before; the have more influence and resources to the point that they are starting to diversify their income and going international. The war on drugs is being lost.

[@oby-1607]

The next time you have an Avocado, appreciate the pain that brought it to you.

[@BlownMacTruck]

Stop virtue signaling. You could say that about most food. I’m guessing you have no idea how similar the struggle is across many things in the grocery store.

[@sajjansingh3418]

@@BlownMacTruck h

[@BlownMacTruck]

@@marlenealvarez888 Which is beside the OP’s original point.

[@chavyflos6311]

Everything that you eat involves sacrifice. Food literally dies so you may live. In this way God the Son is glorified even if you don't believe.

[@alvaroakatico9188]

@@chavyflos6311 Can god the sun eliminate the cartels from farmers who are trying to earn an honest living?

[@FroggyBoyKermit]

"How often do you eat rabbit?" "We only eat rabbit when gringos come to visit" At least he's honest LMAO

[@emac4925]

It was a joke if you didn’t catch that.. he was fucking around with him. Rabbit is good and is eaten frequently.

[@itsohaya4096]

@@emac4925 damn I woulda never guessed if you didn't say something. I'm autistic and take things literal lmao

[@syrai2144]

@@itsohaya4096 same lmao

[@Observedwalnut75]

That would explain your anime pfp

[@DAI-ln9jy]

dude that part got me, it's true. It hit personally

[@tariqmehmood9942]

I am happy to see people trying to escape violence and succeeding.

[@luu1429]

Most of this is bullshit what you just saw was another cartel protecting the farmers from a different cartel this old mafia tactic the farmers are not safe nor do they make a good living

[@sterlingpuffer4781]

Yes but they aren’t drug smuggling or doing anything illegall. I bet you haven’t been to mexico. It’s a sad sad reality

[@cetochtlisofunny523]

Oh boy they doing the autodefensas pr move once again

[@MaoMoney]

Lol this is where la Tuta came from

[@illuddivinus3309]

It’s one gang charging less extortion than the other. Tata and crew get paid way less for protection , but it’s way less dangerous, and with less ramifications than the cartels.

[@freddy7171]

Jesus ahah. That one guy was just casually smoking a cigarette in the middle of a gun fight

[@Robert-om8qc]

Well... I mean nerves are high, ya know? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ And they said the gun fight went on for an hour...

[@t-manonthebeat9189]

it was reinacting the gunfight lmao i thought the same thing at first lmaoo

[@freddy7171]

@@t-manonthebeat9189 they weren't reinacting it that was real footage from when Vice were there in 2019 🤦🏻‍♂️ lol

[@diciabadines2886]

@@t-manonthebeat9189 it's quite common for people to smoke in long gunfights, it's almost what you always see from most footage from news coverages of firefights

[@jackfrost8600]

Haha too good

[@hypercombo7202]

Cartels greed knows no limits. No respect for anything.

[@phanaticz]

Cartels doesn't know what the word "respect" means. They're soulless creatures walking on this earth.

[@sumitshresth]

No diff than american corporations. Wondered what would happen if they were incorporated into legal institutions. I guess mexico would be first world in no time and uncle sam would hate that

[@frankdizzleification]

unfortunately, they do not, nor do the millions of addicts snorting cocaine away, and not to mention the meth heads in the USA and throughout the world that made these greedy cartel men. If the gringos stopped all these addictions induced by society there would no cartel men.

[@Liitebulb]

Cartels, mafia, gangs... they're all the same.

[@Snuskigaste]

@@sumitshresth lmao, please tell me when american corporations has beheaded people.

[@premierpollo]

Thank you for the avacado. I'm a farmer so I understand how hard the work can be with little pay and hardly any recognition. My hat goes of to you and your amigos. I hope one day you can farm in peace my friends. God bless you all.

[@JohnnyQuanSW]

These people are amazing, I wish there were a way for me to know the avocados I buy are supporting these people, and not the cartels.

[@slayerofosiris1136]

White journalist: "How often do you eat rabbit?" Mexican Farmers: "Only when gringos come to visit"

[@erickabundis7952]

Oh you watched the video too?

[@SomeJustice19k]

@@erickabundis7952 😂😂

[@Wolfmaxy]

@@erickabundis7952 bruhh, im dead

[@t-manonthebeat9189]

@@erickabundis7952 lmao i hate when ppl comment like that. good job 👏 lol

[@lalacaterers8959]

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[@Noanns]

the reporter: i'm allergic to avocados vice: we have a story for you to cover

[@deisysanchez1641]

😂

[@lalotz]

They obviously don't like him

[@nicolescats2]

I imagine he has oral allergy syndrome or latex fruit syndrome. Most people could go their entire lives continuing to be occasionally exposed to mucus membrane contact and still have mild reactions. I remember throughout childhood thinking that Bananas were spicy and was very rarely in the mood for that. In adulthood, I realized that tingling mouth reaction is an allergy and I should stop pushing my luck (in rare occasions it can progress into anaphylaxis). For someone with a pollen allergy like me, eating an uncooked food I'm allergic to is similar to someone who is lactose intolerant eating some dairy ice cream. Not the same, because I have a very low but still present risk of ending up in the hospital, but my normal reaction is less intense than someone eating a food they cannot digest. Not all allergies are the same. The more we study, the more we realize that what individuals in the past would consider a food not agreeing with someone is often a diagnosable condition. One that gives people the impression that people are just allergic to everything these days (many people have an intolerance not an allergy) and wonder what happened to cause this (forgetting that severe enough conditions could cause babies to die with no clear case of death in the past).

[@qiranulsaddyean4280]

That guy smoking cigarette in a gun fight 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@jmeister6022]

I was looking for this comment!

[@erickabundis7952]

Lmfao my guy was chillin 🤣

[@martianfromspace8292]

they get used to it, constant gun fights in mexico everyday that last for hours or days. there was a video of a guy casually texting during a firefight not to long ago in a cartel shoot out

[@7381366]

That’s how you do it lol enjoy life while you can

[@kurdeeldereaux4140]

Man of the year 🤣

[@415play]

My mom is from Michoacán, clips like this motivate me to push forward 🥺

[@helenerabia6676]

I'm sure you are are very good person, when I see the people where I'm from (Belgium) the majority are a bunch of zombies and they are programed from a young age to be sociopath. And a lot of people also love to live in fear fo no reason it's pure insanity.. I don't know how hard it is for you and your family but just being in Mexico is a blessing :)

[@theworldisfallingapart867]

keep goin jacqueline

[@415play]

@@theworldisfallingapart867 sending love to you ❤️

[@please.665]

@@415play Feathers up, Happy Uprising!

[@rubenhernandez4394]

Lol swear to god my dad from Michoacán and been in US for 30 years, he motivates me to work harder.

[@classicredwine]

2:52 he literally took a smoke break during a shootout 😂

[@perpetualdrips]

💀

[@2011carp]

Probably to calm his nerves

[@rolando2395]

He's a camper

[@pandemicgrower4212]

Smoke em if you got em

[@LARULES100]

I don't blame him.Hes staring at death in the face.😭🫡🥑

[@TyLockton]

As if farming isn't difficult enough already.

[@timberwolfmountaineer873]

Exactly my thoughts. you have to sweat your ass off all day in 89% humidity, break your back lifteng them crates and then also go and fight a war against hyenas of cartels trying to snatch your hard earned work. Fucking disgrace.

[@benjaminwilde1201]

Thats Mexico, a hard mode country

[@timberwolfmountaineer873]

@@benjaminwilde1201 yup. I'm Russian, yet i have to agree Mexico is the TRUE "hard mode" country, despite all the memes about how tough life in Russia is. At least we don't have to protect our beets and cabbage with Kalashnikovs.

[@deadplaya]

@@benjaminwilde1201 Borderlands country pretty much. It's cartel vs cartel protecting different lands like border towns.

[@lalotz]

Damn right, you nailed it.

[@gilgamesh_interdimentional238]

REJECT DRUGS PRAISE THE AVOCADO

[@justforfun-jp2vc]

billie eilish would approve of this comment 😭🤍

[@ileryon4019]

At this point drugs are easier and cheaper to obtain

[@southerncalifornia4771]

@@ileryon4019 Unfortunately. Its most places too not just in the US.

[@jaxstax2406]

Avocadoes > commie potatoes

[@ileryon4019]

@@jaxstax2406 commie avocados tho

[@AutonomousPlayground]

Why do they not just take a Mexican American reporter or anyone who speaks Spanish at any kind of proficiency?

[@5ithofnov159]

skill is more important than language

[@AutonomousPlayground]

@@5ithofnov159 he didn’t seem so incredibly skilled that it would cancel out any benefit of being able to speak Spanish. There are many professional journalists who can speak both Spanish and English. I also know from experience if you don’t understand the cultural nuances or the language itself it’s very difficult to steer the conversation in the best direction especially with people who are inexperienced with being on camera.

[@biohazardlnfS]

Cause you don't need to speak the language to be a reporter. I find it people always complaining about this yet when people come to the US from these various countries you all get mad when other say they should learn English. Just let the reporter do them and not worry what they speak

[@combathunter1996]

How do u know that the reporter doesn’t speak any Spanish? Pretty sure that it’s standard procedure that they ask the question in the native language first off camera and then in English again on camera

[@thespaceproduction5505]

I like the fact that he was also allergic to Avocado lmfao

[@Blackcrowfj]

There's no way he's allergic to avocados after eating the whole damn thing like that. He may be intolerant but not allergic.

[@ISawGold]

He seemed to be struggling more at the end of the interview.

[@theherbpuffer]

He could've taken a epi pen with him

[@jamesmueller8701]

@@theherbpuffer ,, why would anybody eat one of those nasty tasting things for, anyway ... they taste almost as bad as alfalfa sprouts ...

[@theherbpuffer]

@@jamesmueller8701 to each their own buddy, I love avocado! You don't even like guacamole?

[@jamesmueller8701]

@@theherbpuffer ,,, hate guac. and ranch dressing, and raw tomatoes ... But i love kissing pretty women ... LOL

[@Halfzipp]

There is something odd about a person eating something they know they're allergic to. Although I guess it makes sense with a person that doesnt know what a sniper rifle is..

[@crisonnat10x12]

🤣🤣

[@michaetsully87]

Dude you traveled to Mexico to report on avocado farming violence and the best question you had was when was the last time you ate an avocado!

[@desmond-hawkins]

Seriously… how bad a reporter can you be asking this. Of course he had one this morning, what did this guy expect? "Oh it's actually my first time trying one after 20 years of farming, I hate this green crap".

[@angelnunez7376]

@@desmond-hawkins damn hilarious. But really of all the things he could ask like pratically anything else

[@Agent-vj3ns]

@@angelnunez7376 he asked him more in the full video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gpu4mK1re62Fb5I

[@FlowLai]

He wanted to drum up a sob story about how the avocado farmers don't even get to eat the product that they produce. The farmer's matter of fact answer messed up the chance for this angle.

[@AgentSmith911]

I live in Norway and I have recently discovered the avocado. It is an amazing fruit that has helped me get healthier and fight my Type 2 diabetes. Hopefully Mexico can find a way to rid themselves of the cartels! God bless Mexico and the avocado! 🇲🇽🥑

[@tebogomathete]

Recently discovered ... how

[@AgentSmith911]

@@tebogomathete never knew about it, it's not a common fruit where I live like apples and oranges 😊

[@AdamOctorachmadi]

@@AgentSmith911 Do u know about Dragon Fruit? lol sorry..

[@elpitoloko5944]

That idea of getting rid of The cartels seems to far fetched as The mexican go works WITH them..My hard working people are Being slaughter by the corrupted goverment!!!

[@davon6704]

The cartels have infiltrated everything they won’t go away until the officials and agents that aren’t corrupted go clean house

[@edgarhernandez9708]

Allergic to avocados, is theee whitest allergy to have!

[@FaithandNova]

😩😩😂😂😂

[@thacrocx7784]

LMAOOOOOO

[@thefuckbox3616]

Laughs in jajajajaj (stfu avocados 🥑 taste like grass anyways you ain’t missing much)😂

[@JorgeMartinez-mr3tj]

box First off,dafuk you doing eating grass??ju don't even no nattin,try it on toast and sprinkle a little salt on it.

[@haunts3479]

no it is not. peanut allergy or gluten allergy is.

[@Loyboyy]

My grandpa owns 2 mountains up in Michoacán and as a kid, those are the best and most fondest memories of all time. Super respect for him and everyone else trying to keep a living and giving us delicious avocados..dam cartels always ruining everything

[@travisbickle0815]

Guy with a gun is a guy with a gun, a lady standing on higher ground with a gun is a sniper. I see, expert journalism, thank you.

[@CommaGaming]

Gun experts! These guys can have guns to defend their land, But Citizens of the USA? NOOO TOO DANGEROUS

[@CapsFan117]

@@CommaGaming Actually those guns they have are smuggled in from the USA, guns are banned in Mexico.

[@JamarEdgar]

He even said the guy had and “M4” when it’s clearly and AR15 this journalist is stupid and could have just say, “there’s a guy with a rifle” too much dramatization.

[@Yui789esss]

Libertards with their gender fluid angels 😂

[@blackkennedy3966]

@@CapsFan117guns aren’t banned in Mexico. They’re regulated and you can only buy them in DF. Farmers are allowed to buy guns to protect themselves and their livestock from predators and such.

[@w.d.g.]

You sent a guy who is allergic to avocados, to report on them, and eat them? WTF.

[@MikeBNumba6]

🤷🏽‍♂️

[@TD1021-]

To an area that speaks Spanish only and the reporter only speaks English. All that is vice in a nutshell or avocado shell lmao

[@mintymus]

He probably gave Shane Smith a handy.

[@conradek6841]

Other Militia's defending against cartels: We just want to protect our communities. These guys: A V O C A D O

[@itzzandrez8351]

Yeah "these guys" are rich you can't compare them to anybody

[@grimreaper9086]

@@itzzandrez8351 yeah,and humble

[@louieDsypo]

@@itzzandrez8351 these guys are the cartel.

[@a.a.a.8365]

When your government is with out reach and their own people have to fix their own issue at hand., its always good to have a backup plan don't give up 🌎🌱People who love avocados😍 around the world are listening., you'll always win.👍😉✌💪😐👊🍀 EL MUNDO ESTA HECHO DE FRUITA 😍👉🌏🌍🌎🍈🍌🍊🍇🍐🍏🍊🍍🍎🍉🍓🍑👈 That's what gives us all happy lives😊

[@grimreaper9086]

@@louieDsypo no tf

[@edubravo6693]

problems that most American consumers don't care about, they just wait for the product to be on the shelves

[@TVLuxuryLife]

Well because Most American consumers are unaware of these kind of things not everyone knows what goes on behind production, I don’t think anyone buys their groceries and wonders “I wonder what the workers had to go through to get me this”

[@rongike]

and what should the consumers do about it? 🤔 it's not like they want you to stop eating avocados

[@poopskid4690]

So we should just stop all imports from Mexico? If the issue stems from anything it’s Mexican political corruption.

[@ArtieArtie]

One, we’re unaware of this and two, what do you suggest we all Americans do?

[@stephenlee3911]

wtf , is that even a problem ?

[@xrysthol922]

My cousin was the owner of one of the largest distributors of avocados in Michoacan. He was kidnaped, lost for four days, murdered and then had his mutilated body dumped on the side of the road on November 4, few days after the mexican national holiday, day of the dead. He was a great person and an amazing father to his three young children. Because of this video I can better understand what happened. Thank you Vice.

[@arpanmandal7244]

What maxican government doing? They can't protect their own people.

[@cheezr323]

@@arpanmandal7244 nothing! if anything the cartel controls them.

[@Jordan-ll7si]

They told them Cartels "Get the Guac outta here!!"

[@p2e]

give this reporter an award for risking his life.. by eating an avocado

[@jjc5475]

dang those are some bad ass farmers and some sad ass criminals.

[@josejimenez896]

They sent the white guy with avocado allergies to the avocado farm 😭😂

[@monkemode8128]

doesn't speak Spanish either lmao

[@lalacaterers8959]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/d2eZaJx3mLqjntE \

[@TahtahmesDiary]

@Jan Garcia Not likely. Vice does this consistently and has since the jump.

[@jessezuniga1280]

Classic bro lol

[@ViajaconMemo]

Parece que seré el único comentario en español por aquí, así que diré que Viva México y Viva Michoacán...

[@deisysanchez1641]

Que Viva he dicho

[@joseloera5849]

¡Que viva!

[@bqeli]

Muchos purepechas hablan y escriben en inglés... ha de ser por eso...

[@joseronnyespinozaalvarado9620]

Viva hasta que se maten entre carteles, gobierno y guerrillas

[@rigoguzman4987]

Whats

[@bikinggal1]

I have lived and vacationed in Mexico for over 35 yrs. Now when I go to all inclusive resorts there is no gaucamole offered. It was always my favorite thing at the buffet.

[@goji508]

You know it serious when Avacados need security.

[@seerenita]

My family has a farm of avocados and corn in Mexico. This is one of my fears when it comes to the things they may be facing. Their land is in another Mexican state but nonetheless, I’m sure the threat is very similar.

[@justforfun-jp2vc]

as a young farmer, please tell them thank you.

[@icxcnika7722]

Likewise my grandfather has an orchard as well in this very exact state (Michoacan).

[@Ryan88881]

Which Mexican state? The threat would vary dramatically from state to state. Central Mexico would be more dangerous for this kind of thing.

[@realvictoria5970]

I have very poor health i can only eat fruit and avacados and corn are so delicious. I love deliciousness because I cook for rich ppl they love my food. 😂 I found cilantro in the moutians and my friends laughed at me but this is who I am. Lol.

[@themfoosdidit]

lmao them white people love ur avocados ong

[@F3dedbatman]

No one: VICE: I PRESENT TO YOU THE AVOCADO CARTEL

[@5erytfshfjo97r7dygkpu]

"It's good," he said as he was planning to get to the hospital right away after eating the avocado.

[@Aberain]

"look at this sniper" Sniper: holding M4

[@lennoxdiaz3152]

Lmao i said the same thing in my head, I was like wtf?

[@El650Jefe]

Journalist - How often do you eat rabbit? Mexican guy - Only when you guys come and visit us. Lol savage.

[@chrisperez1676]

Lol oh you watched the video too?😂🤦🏼‍♂️

[@gorkaaustin5306]

@@chrisperez1676 okay virgin

[@botmexicanpatriot]

@@chrisperez1676 Well, you're *supposed to.*

[@LeakenaDoll]

They sent a reporter who’s allergic to avocados?? Come on Vice🙄😂

[@hiimryan2388]

Lady Magnolia your thumbnail is very....

[@davidg.3617]

I think he was lying, he just didn't like the avacado and couldn't think of anything else.

[@Soarific]

@@hiimryan2388 Finish your sentence? Very? Very female looking, it checks out with the username, what are you getting at kiddo.

[@bear2507]

People are literally dying and all you can focus is on the reporters allergies? 🤦‍♂️

[@moerow8215]

I grew up in a city that was once an avocado orchard so everyone or their neighbors had a huge tree in their backyard. Whatever didn't get eaten or given away for free, had filled compost bins. I really miss that place every time I see overpriced avo. 😐

[@user-yh7nf3qe8u]

Ah same same

[@izziestevens5835]

My whole family have hectáreas de huertas de aguacate en Michoacán. They’re always in danger. Crooks have wanted to get one over my grandpa and uncles, but they always have to handle it with pushing back. Those people never sleep and are stubborn as heck. Poor people getting a living means more money for them if they can get away with it.

[@governmentlab6162]

If you're hesitant to buy an avocado after seeing this, you're doing it wrong. Rather buy more avocados. At least this isn't an illegal drug. Make those farmers richer. Then they will be able to better protect themselves and their families by buying better equipment. And remember their hard work.

[@hansenc6569]

I love these Resistance Groups and Vigilante groups that are just Pure Bravery.

[@Avila714]

Do you know the names of them? I wanna research more about them

[@unknownmasksw2serialirious580]

@@Avila714 the vigilante group is little bit different from United Cartels aka “Resistance group” I’ll tell u that and what funny is that the government rather supports the United cartels than the CJNG

[@Aaron-bd3to]

Those groups are known as "autodefensas". The idea and kind of translation of the name is "self defense group"

[@listrahtes]

Sadly the autodefensa change to bandids not so rarely. Power corrupts. Best is when families are invested like here in peaceful income through labor so they can pay the security forces good and inspire loyalty. Pure autodefensa often turn ro crime

[@texassheetposter3349]

@@Aaron-bd3to we call them communitarios as well

[@biohazardlnfS]

Bro i can't even buy avocado without the dam cartel being envolded fucking hell

[@tnightwolf]

LUL

[@BuckingHorse-Bull]

wait to you hear what they are doing with the air you breath and the water you drink

[@R1V3R_Official]

The one dislike is from the cartel 🤣

[@luu1429]

Probably from the different cartel that wanted to offer protection to them for money yet they refused

[@hiimryan2388]

FlowGin Gaming sir that's banditry

[@marco1173]

I'm gonna make you cry. There is so much avocado in Michoacan, it literally rots on the streets.

[@TheMaxofSpades]

Why do these American journalists always dress the same? Like do they have a "reporting news from developing countries" outfit in their closets or something?

[@thugnastynastythug9181]

I think its just hot and humid it's closer to the equator so they dress like they are in the hot jungle

[@createchannel4603]

“This was a very poor and fucked up region”... well.. I didn’t know that’s what it translated into English. Hahah.

[@danjohnsonspam]

It’s an accurate translation. He said “jodido” which translates quite literally into fucked.

[@walomota5197]

@@danjohnsonspam yes you right,jodido means to be fucked up.

[@thr8thjuice]

It's also used to say "poor", that state is fucked but the old man meant to say poor.

[@snipdeath]

I'd say "fucked up" has a little stronger connotation than "jodido", but overall it was an accurate translation

[@thr8thjuice]

@@snipdeath yes.

[@TheUFO619]

As a Chicano (Mexican-American) I love the light this has brought onto beautiful Mexico and the hardships people go through on a daily just to provide for their families. Opportunities are scarce but those who seek shall find a way.

[@DePalma.]

I like that they are armed & defending themselves. The right to bear arms is an important thing. It’s a shame that Mexican local, state & federal governments aren’t strong enough to keep its people safe.

[@Ruisgenoot]

Guy casually smokes a cigarette during a shootout :')

[@jacoboellobo]

This so awesome. Very interesting! I hope all those involved in the Avocado industry in Mexico can continue to defend themselves against the cartels!

[@elchapojr6219]

Lol 😂 I laughed so hard when the reporter ask”how often to you eat rabbit 🐇 “ the Mexican Farmer was like only when gringos come… kind in a sarcastic way of saying not all the time and being ass to the gringo reporter at the same time

[@justforfun-jp2vc]

THIS!! I’ve been saving my avocado seeds for years and germinating them. They make excellent house trees that don’t fruit. Bless these farmers. I appreciate avos even more.

[@jwkayk360]

Classic Vice. Sending the dude who's allergic to avocados.

[@GMDII]

My wife was allergic to avocados. I made a guacamole with considerably more tomatoes to neutralize the avocado potency and now she can enjoy the avocados.

[@JorgeMartinez-mr3tj]

Have you divorced her yet??

[@cristianabraham384]

Look up "guacamole falso"(fake guacamole) its pretty good

[@jelmero3090]

Allergic doesnt have to be an extreme reaction. It can also cause things like stomach pain and such. Good job Gary!

[@twiggynation.2779]

🥑

[@stevenjohnson979]

I hope the cartels never take my avocados.

[@charlievelez3510]

This video is so inspirational. A group of ppl, wanting to make a better living for themselves, are doing just that - living. May their will to survive always be on their side. 🙏🏻

[@randyjohnson3412]

"So when was the last time you got to enjoy one?" "I had one this morning" lol come on dude, it's an avocado. They aren't producing Ferraris there.

[@angelnunez7376]

Exactly he probably eats them every single day 🤣. I know I would white rice, steak, beans and some green salad with avocado is the best

[@UBGood]

🙊 Who the hell sends a journalist who is allergic to Avocados 🥑 to report on a Avocados 🤔 oh VICE does.. 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@noearaujo]

You have some courage going into Michoacan.

[@designedbybold]

I spent a week in Uruapan, MICH last May and I have nothing but wonderful things to say about all the people I met there. So many of them told me they were just trying to make an honest living and they were all genuinely good people. Cartel just comes through and fucks everything up.

[@AIRBORNE611]

6:57 This guy says he's allergic and eats an avocado anyways... DaFuq? 😂🥑

[@alvinmateo4220]

I love how the reporter sat down with them and started eating too

[@MatthewStinar]

The comment about only eating rabbit when gringos visit reminded me of my mom's stories about Mexican hospitality in the poor villages when she lived in Mexico. She said they always wanted to give guests their best, no matter how humble it was.

[@goldenboi24k]

The title grabbed my attention!!

[@mrgrail2183]

Right away

[@eggpon6819]

Lmao, me too

[@evanstallam7131]

That dude smoking a cig calmly as shots pop all around him lmao

[@jonnanthecool]

Lol

[@flyingsoul7147]

Thats to chill out and stay focused. Another day at the function

[@jonathanjackgoodman2764]

You know things are in a bad way when a small army is required to protect avocado growers from the mob.

[@dugdrilly]

The boom in avocado want in the US especially contributes to the boom of Hispanic owned restaurants.

[@iamdgulley]

I am glad this community is sticking together to fight for their land and their avocado business.

[@doc.rankin577]

The allergy he's talking about is probably a mild throat allergy, which I have. The chances of going into anaphylaxis is slim and we can eat avocados usually at the price of discomfort and irritation in the throat afterwards.

[@ImStuckInStockton]

Oh I'll give you some discomfort in the throat

[@ImStuckInStockton]

@Jan Garcia Oh I'll give him some discomfort in the throat

[@curio8093]

@@ImStuckInStockton you big gay

[@ImStuckInStockton]

@@curio8093 ya i was with your daddy thats how you were born

[@shreqboi1]

Que lindo es Michoacán!! 〽️Ⓜ️🥑🇲🇽

[@unknownrocha9795]

simon

[@fake._]

My family also grows aguacate in an Indigenous region, but they vowed to never cut down the pines. Those were precious too.

[@yammiihabibi9391]

I am not Mexican and I love Avocados! Thank you Mexico 😉👌🏼💕

[@theherbpuffer]

Ok? A lot of non Mexicans love avocados ....

[@yammiihabibi9391]

@@theherbpuffer ok that makes 2 of us on the same boat 😉

[@LOKOBOY864]

@@theherbpuffer stfu dont be talking to my hommie like that

[@observer2817]

'There's a SNIPER up there!' Shows a lady holding an unscoped M4....

[@supercanal7295]

You don't need a scope to be a sniper dumbads

[@joejia1410]

Cartel: *sees anything that has the word gold in it* Also cartel: *its free real estate*

[@KanthKing]

Vice reports best on DRUGS cartel stories.

[@jessisoto7110]

4:56 Mad me spit my water out when I heard that LOL XD. What a character that farmer is

[@chamoysandoval2804]

Finally some coverage about this from a bigger source

[@SavageBunny1]

Wait, there's actually people allergic to avocados?? That's just sad.

[@Kanal7Indonesia]

Caucasian can be allergic to anything

[@cask1]

I'm impressed by vice's choice of topic. The subject matter is always interesting and most the time its spreading light on an injustice. Which, honestly, along with entertainment, should be the objective. They deliver. Keep it up guys

[@lion2535]

I don't even want to watch this. Hits too close to home, i have relatives who live there. I know this will be a very sad video.

[@kidsinmahbasement1640]

Good luck to them bro 🙏🏽

[@parimabartender]

Great my phone smells like poop now

[@kidsinmahbasement1640]

@@parimabartender tf?

[@joelch20071]

drama queen

[@lion2535]

@@joelch20071 babies in my hometown were smashed head first into a wall, and women raped and killed, but sure I'm a drama queen .

[@robsoccer04]

As native Texan, I can honestly say I’m proud of my family coming from Michoacán!!!!

[@foo6851]

Aye fr tho💯 what part ?

[@robsoccer04]

@@foo6851 Morelia and Tiquicheo Michoacán.

[@ojsimps701]

Heard about this years ago well done vice good reporting!

[@luisavila8342]

4:54 Q:“How often do you eat rabbit?” A: “Only when the Gringos come visit us.” *laughter* Sarcasm. Love it. I want some rabbit now lol

[@anthonychojvang]

Republicans: creates militia to fight against imaginary enemies Mexican farmers: creates militia to fight against very real enemies who seek to extort and exploit farmers Chad move

[@KDH-br6hy]

Frrrrr

[@JulioRodriguez-gr8zw]

What breed of cat u been eating!!?

[@Upsidedownzack]

Man I can't imagine what that dude did to anger his boss that would land him doing a story on avocadoes when he is allergic

[@crackedcookies]

"There's a sniper up there", oh yeah, this guy is a journalist for sure.

[@claypapa]

so this is why avocados are so damn pricey!! lol

[@DanielRodriguez-gm1ih]

I wonder if they send this guy so he doesn’t eat the avocados. If I was there I would have had avocados every single day I was there.

[@justicewarrior9187]

How about avocato farmers going after cartels drug plantations

[@nitsuddrof5528]

That wouldn't work very well ☠️

[@justicewarrior9187]

@@nitsuddrof5528 Yes it would Both have billions of dollars Both can pay armed guerrilla guys

[@durianriders]

The world is getting better every week! Makes me want to reverse my vasectomy! #not

[@nathanjones173]

Cut them off Nancy ......

[@aiRCoft]

The farmers aren't getting anywhere near 40 pesos for each avocado, lol....

[@TheDCGuitar13]

Man’s just casually smoking a cigarette while shooting some jaliscos🤣😭

[@MalaysiaIsProChannel]

Its not his first time, it seems 😂