Defending Avocado Farms From Drug Cartels

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  • čas přidán 15. 02. 2021
  • American demand for avocados has tripled over the last 8 years, which brought money to struggling regions of Mexico. But that cash has also attracted the cartels who have used violence and extortion to muscle their way into the market.
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  • @kazzz2765
    @kazzz2765 Před 3 lety +7362

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

    • @justforfun-jp2vc
      @justforfun-jp2vc Před 3 lety +692

      gringo stuf

    • @sharoyea
      @sharoyea Před 3 lety +198

      Had this EXACT thought... smh

    • @whathell6t
      @whathell6t Před 3 lety +261

      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
      @starmaker75 Před 3 lety +155

      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
      @ProudGabe Před 3 lety +164

      he doesn’t speak spanish either

  • @nigle556
    @nigle556 Před 3 lety +4175

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

    • @jepulis6674
      @jepulis6674 Před 3 lety +103

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

    • @sleepyrowdy1826
      @sleepyrowdy1826 Před 3 lety +36

      Vice being vice

    • @Emma.S.
      @Emma.S. Před 3 lety +67

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

    • @mintymus
      @mintymus Před 3 lety +20

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

    • @killer2931
      @killer2931 Před 3 lety +55

      @@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.

  • @FroggyBoyKermit
    @FroggyBoyKermit Před 3 lety +814

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

    • @emac4925
      @emac4925 Před 3 lety +79

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

    • @itsohaya4096
      @itsohaya4096 Před 3 lety +35

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

    • @syrai2144
      @syrai2144 Před 3 lety +6

      @@itsohaya4096 same lmao

    • @Observedwalnut75
      @Observedwalnut75 Před 3 lety +18

      That would explain your anime pfp

    • @DAI-ln9jy
      @DAI-ln9jy Před 3 lety +1

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

  • @kek207
    @kek207 Před 3 lety +1796

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

    • @commandomkz6451
      @commandomkz6451 Před 3 lety +183

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

    • @zohandvir7606
      @zohandvir7606 Před 3 lety +65

      @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
      @theonesolrac9888 Před 3 lety +32

      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
      @princejain4960 Před 3 lety +6

      @Kate Simpson you're kidding!

    • @mimmi5631
      @mimmi5631 Před 3 lety +1

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

  • @freddy7171
    @freddy7171 Před 3 lety +616

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

    • @Robert-om8qc
      @Robert-om8qc Před 3 lety +70

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

    • @t-manonthebeat9189
      @t-manonthebeat9189 Před 3 lety +2

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

    • @freddy7171
      @freddy7171 Před 3 lety +53

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

    • @diciabadines2886
      @diciabadines2886 Před 3 lety +33

      @@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
      @jackfrost8600 Před 3 lety

      Haha too good

  • @slayerofosiris1136
    @slayerofosiris1136 Před 3 lety +2064

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

  • @cristoalachouzos3651
    @cristoalachouzos3651 Před 3 lety +511

    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
      @dengajing2015 Před 3 lety +17

      they heard money

    • @uniteeternal4721
      @uniteeternal4721 Před 3 lety +49

      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
      @Betterhose Před 3 lety +22

      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
      @mouzier Před 3 lety +5

      You should see what banana did to countries like Nicaragua

    • @crissalinas5608
      @crissalinas5608 Před 3 lety +15

      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.

  • @oby-1607
    @oby-1607 Před 3 lety +156

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

    • @BlownMacTruck
      @BlownMacTruck Před 3 lety +13

      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
      @sajjansingh3418 Před 3 lety

      @@BlownMacTruck h

    • @BlownMacTruck
      @BlownMacTruck Před 3 lety +1

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

    • @chavyflos6311
      @chavyflos6311 Před 3 lety +5

      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
      @alvaroakatico9188 Před 3 lety

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

  • @zits56able
    @zits56able Před 3 lety +758

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

    • @jaxstax2406
      @jaxstax2406 Před 3 lety +40

      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
      @Valkatron Před 3 lety +4

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

    • @sebp400
      @sebp400 Před 3 lety +3

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

    • @ndnaf3705
      @ndnaf3705 Před 3 lety +8

      @@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
      @jonathan99097 Před 3 lety +1

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

  • @Noanns
    @Noanns Před 3 lety +636

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

    • @deisysanchez1641
      @deisysanchez1641 Před 3 lety +2

      😂

    • @lalotz
      @lalotz Před 3 lety +1

      They obviously don't like him

    • @nicolescats2
      @nicolescats2 Před 2 lety +2

      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).

  • @classicredwine
    @classicredwine Před 3 lety +58

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

  • @premierpollo
    @premierpollo Před 3 lety +25

    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.

  • @qiranulsaddyean4280
    @qiranulsaddyean4280 Před 3 lety +125

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

    • @jmeister6022
      @jmeister6022 Před 3 lety +5

      I was looking for this comment!

    • @erickabundis7952
      @erickabundis7952 Před 3 lety +18

      Lmfao my guy was chillin 🤣

    • @martianfromspace8292
      @martianfromspace8292 Před 3 lety +11

      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
      @7381366 Před 3 lety +2

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

    • @kurdeeldereaux4140
      @kurdeeldereaux4140 Před 3 lety +2

      Man of the year 🤣

  • @thebeldam5823
    @thebeldam5823 Před 3 lety +510

    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

    • @user-mm5te6px8g
      @user-mm5te6px8g Před 3 lety +2

      🙏🏼

    • @generalgrizzly7914
      @generalgrizzly7914 Před 3 lety +8

      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
      @corazondonquixote Před 3 lety +4

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

    • @jltaco85
      @jltaco85 Před 3 lety +17

      @@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
      @YesterdaysWonderland Před 3 lety +15

      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

  • @jacquelineroman2708
    @jacquelineroman2708 Před 3 lety +41

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

    • @helenerabia6676
      @helenerabia6676 Před 3 lety +3

      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
      @theworldisfallingapart867 Před 3 lety

      keep goin jacqueline

    • @jacquelineroman2708
      @jacquelineroman2708 Před 3 lety +1

      @@theworldisfallingapart867 sending love to you ❤️

    • @please.665
      @please.665 Před 3 lety

      @@jacquelineroman2708 Feathers up, Happy Uprising!

    • @rubenhernandez4394
      @rubenhernandez4394 Před 3 lety

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

  • @JohnnyQuanSW
    @JohnnyQuanSW Před 3 lety +32

    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.

  • @tariqmehmood9942
    @tariqmehmood9942 Před 3 lety +1203

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

    • @luu1429
      @luu1429 Před 3 lety +46

      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
      @sterlingpuffer4781 Před 3 lety +36

      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
      @cetochtlisofunny523 Před 3 lety +3

      Oh boy they doing the autodefensas pr move once again

    • @MaoMoney
      @MaoMoney Před 3 lety +2

      Lol this is where la Tuta came from

    • @illuddivinus3309
      @illuddivinus3309 Před 3 lety +8

      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.

  • @KindaSemiCompetent
    @KindaSemiCompetent Před 3 lety +1274

    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
      @rohitroll2119 Před 3 lety +30

      The "people" make up the cartels and government.

    • @KindaSemiCompetent
      @KindaSemiCompetent Před 3 lety +175

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

    • @LiveDieTrolling
      @LiveDieTrolling Před 3 lety +33

      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
      @markbrophy5454 Před 3 lety +13

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

    • @snipdeath
      @snipdeath Před 3 lety +36

      @@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.

  • @Loyboyy
    @Loyboyy Před 3 lety +5

    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

  • @Blackcrowfj
    @Blackcrowfj Před 3 lety +60

    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
      @ISawGold Před 3 lety +2

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

    • @theherbpuffer
      @theherbpuffer Před 3 lety

      He could've taken a epi pen with him

    • @jamesmueller8701
      @jamesmueller8701 Před 3 lety

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

    • @theherbpuffer
      @theherbpuffer Před 3 lety +6

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

    • @jamesmueller8701
      @jamesmueller8701 Před 3 lety

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

  • @hypercombo7202
    @hypercombo7202 Před 3 lety +557

    Cartels greed knows no limits. No respect for anything.

    • @phanaticz
      @phanaticz Před 3 lety +70

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

    • @sumitshresth
      @sumitshresth Před 3 lety +51

      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
      @frankdizzleification Před 3 lety +46

      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.

    • @FC-hj9ub
      @FC-hj9ub Před 3 lety +24

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

    • @Snuskigaste
      @Snuskigaste Před 3 lety +15

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

  • @gilgamesh_interdimentional238

    REJECT DRUGS PRAISE THE AVOCADO

    • @justforfun-jp2vc
      @justforfun-jp2vc Před 3 lety +4

      billie eilish would approve of this comment 😭🤍

    • @ileryon4019
      @ileryon4019 Před 3 lety +10

      At this point drugs are easier and cheaper to obtain

    • @southerncalifornia4771
      @southerncalifornia4771 Před 3 lety +5

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

    • @jaxstax2406
      @jaxstax2406 Před 3 lety +9

      Avocadoes > commie potatoes

    • @ileryon4019
      @ileryon4019 Před 3 lety +7

      @@jaxstax2406 commie avocados tho

  • @xrysthol922
    @xrysthol922 Před 3 lety +5

    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
      @arpanmandal7244 Před 3 lety

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

    • @cheezr323
      @cheezr323 Před 3 lety +2

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

  • @governmentlab6162
    @governmentlab6162 Před rokem +4

    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.

  • @soun6589
    @soun6589 Před 3 lety +247

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

    • @rubylove6176
      @rubylove6176 Před 3 lety +3

      🇲🇽✨🙌🏽💯

    • @ryanspring7649
      @ryanspring7649 Před 3 lety +3

      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
      @soun6589 Před 3 lety +10

      @@ryanspring7649 I was specifically referring to those men.

    • @sayiangod9404
      @sayiangod9404 Před 3 lety +1

      @@ryanspring7649 agreed

    • @user-gq4ly5hi7f
      @user-gq4ly5hi7f Před 3 lety +3

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

  • @michaetsully87
    @michaetsully87 Před 3 lety +101

    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
      @desmond-hawkins Před 3 lety +13

      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
      @angelnunez7376 Před 3 lety +6

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

    • @Agent-vj3ns
      @Agent-vj3ns Před 3 lety +1

      @@angelnunez7376 he asked him more in the full video: czcams.com/video/LjUgz5FHR90/video.html

    • @FlowLai
      @FlowLai Před 3 lety +4

      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.

  • @travisbickle0815
    @travisbickle0815 Před 3 lety +18

    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
      @CommaGaming Před 3 lety

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

    • @CapsFan117
      @CapsFan117 Před 3 lety +2

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

    • @JamarEdgar
      @JamarEdgar Před 2 lety

      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
      @Yui789esss Před 2 lety

      Libertards with their gender fluid angels 😂

    • @blackkennedy3966
      @blackkennedy3966 Před měsícem

      @@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.

  • @5erytfshfjo97r7dygkpu
    @5erytfshfjo97r7dygkpu Před 3 lety +10

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

  • @conradek6841
    @conradek6841 Před 3 lety +342

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

    • @itzzandrez8351
      @itzzandrez8351 Před 3 lety +7

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

    • @grimreaper9086
      @grimreaper9086 Před 3 lety +2

      @@itzzandrez8351 yeah,and humble

    • @louieDsypo
      @louieDsypo Před 3 lety +2

      @@itzzandrez8351 these guys are the cartel.

    • @a.a.a.8365
      @a.a.a.8365 Před 3 lety +6

      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
      @grimreaper9086 Před 3 lety +6

      @@louieDsypo no tf

  • @TyLockton
    @TyLockton Před 3 lety +216

    As if farming isn't difficult enough already.

    • @timberwolfmountaineer873
      @timberwolfmountaineer873 Před 3 lety +27

      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
      @benjaminwilde1201 Před 3 lety +14

      Thats Mexico, a hard mode country

    • @timberwolfmountaineer873
      @timberwolfmountaineer873 Před 3 lety +15

      @@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
      @deadplaya Před 3 lety +2

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

    • @lalotz
      @lalotz Před 3 lety

      Damn right, you nailed it.

  • @Jordan-ll7si
    @Jordan-ll7si Před 3 lety +16

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

  • @Halfzipp
    @Halfzipp Před 3 lety +22

    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..

  • @AgentSmith911
    @AgentSmith911 Před 3 lety +583

    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
      @tebogomathete Před 3 lety +47

      Recently discovered ... how

    • @AgentSmith911
      @AgentSmith911 Před 3 lety +72

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

    • @AdamOctorachmadi
      @AdamOctorachmadi Před 3 lety +7

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

    • @elpitoloko5944
      @elpitoloko5944 Před 3 lety +24

      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
      @davon6704 Před 3 lety +13

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

  • @w.d.g.
    @w.d.g. Před 3 lety +232

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

    • @MikeBNumba6
      @MikeBNumba6 Před 3 lety

      🤷🏽‍♂️

    • @TD1021-
      @TD1021- Před 3 lety +1

      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
      @mintymus Před 3 lety

      He probably gave Shane Smith a handy.

  • @bikinggal1
    @bikinggal1 Před 3 lety +5

    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.

  • @marco1173
    @marco1173 Před 3 lety +6

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

  • @p2e
    @p2e Před 3 lety +243

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

  • @AutonomousPlayground
    @AutonomousPlayground Před 3 lety +568

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

    • @5ithofnov159
      @5ithofnov159 Před 3 lety +23

      skill is more important than language

    • @AutonomousPlayground
      @AutonomousPlayground Před 3 lety +135

      @@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
      @biohazardlnfS Před 3 lety +18

      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
      @combathunter1996 Před 3 lety +26

      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
      @thespaceproduction5505 Před 3 lety +29

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

  • @elchapojr6219
    @elchapojr6219 Před 2 lety +3

    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

  • @ojsimps701
    @ojsimps701 Před 3 lety

    Heard about this years ago well done vice good reporting!

  • @edubravo6693
    @edubravo6693 Před 3 lety +239

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

    • @TVLuxuryLife
      @TVLuxuryLife Před 3 lety +48

      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
      @rongike Před 3 lety +32

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

    • @poopskid4690
      @poopskid4690 Před 3 lety +15

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

    • @ArtieArtie
      @ArtieArtie Před 3 lety +6

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

    • @stephenlee3911
      @stephenlee3911 Před 3 lety +5

      wtf , is that even a problem ?

  • @Koppaprevails
    @Koppaprevails Před 3 lety +87

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

  • @jessisoto7110
    @jessisoto7110 Před 3 lety +4

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

  • @designedbybold
    @designedbybold Před 3 lety +1

    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.

  • @LeakenaDoll
    @LeakenaDoll Před 3 lety +51

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

    • @hiimryan2388
      @hiimryan2388 Před 3 lety +1

      Lady Magnolia your thumbnail is very....

    • @davidg.3617
      @davidg.3617 Před 3 lety

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

    • @Soarific
      @Soarific Před 3 lety +1

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

    • @bear2507
      @bear2507 Před 3 lety

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

  • @El650Jefe
    @El650Jefe Před 3 lety +163

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

  • @fake._
    @fake._ Před rokem +1

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

  • @jacoboellobo
    @jacoboellobo Před 3 lety +9

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

  • @josejimenez896
    @josejimenez896 Před 3 lety +236

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

  • @goji508
    @goji508 Před 3 lety +49

    You know it serious when Avacados need security.

  • @Aberain
    @Aberain Před 3 lety +15

    "look at this sniper"
    Sniper: holding M4

    • @jagmeetsingh9633
      @jagmeetsingh9633 Před 3 lety +1

      And the other side the enemy they dealing with cjng has 50 cals sniper rifles

    • @lennoxdiaz3152
      @lennoxdiaz3152 Před 3 lety +1

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

  • @robsoccer04
    @robsoccer04 Před 3 lety +9

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

    • @foo6851
      @foo6851 Před 3 lety

      Aye fr tho💯 what part ?

    • @robsoccer04
      @robsoccer04 Před 3 lety

      @@foo6851 Morelia and Tiquicheo Michoacán.

  • @jjc5475
    @jjc5475 Před 3 lety +86

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

  • @biohazardlnfS
    @biohazardlnfS Před 3 lety +28

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

    • @tnightwolf
      @tnightwolf Před 3 lety

      LUL

    • @BuckingHorse-Bull
      @BuckingHorse-Bull Před 3 lety

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

  • @charlievelez3510
    @charlievelez3510 Před rokem +2

    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.
    🙏🏻

  • @chamoysandoval2804
    @chamoysandoval2804 Před 3 lety

    Finally some coverage about this from a bigger source

  • @edgarhernandez9708
    @edgarhernandez9708 Před 3 lety +520

    Allergic to avocados, is theee whitest allergy to have!

    • @FaithandNova
      @FaithandNova Před 3 lety +2

      😩😩😂😂😂

    • @thacrocx7784
      @thacrocx7784 Před 3 lety

      LMAOOOOOO

    • @thefuckbox3616
      @thefuckbox3616 Před 3 lety +14

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

    • @JorgeMartinez-mr3tj
      @JorgeMartinez-mr3tj Před 3 lety +13

      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
      @haunts3479 Před 3 lety +1

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

  • @Ruisgenoot
    @Ruisgenoot Před 3 lety +19

    Guy casually smokes a cigarette during a shootout :')

  • @stevenjohnson979
    @stevenjohnson979 Před 3 lety +8

    I hope the cartels never take my avocados.

  • @izziestevens5835
    @izziestevens5835 Před 3 lety +6

    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.

  • @seerenita
    @seerenita Před 3 lety +160

    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
      @justforfun-jp2vc Před 3 lety +17

      as a young farmer, please tell them thank you.

    • @icxcnika7722
      @icxcnika7722 Před 3 lety +9

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

    • @Ryan88881
      @Ryan88881 Před 3 lety +1

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

    • @realvictoria5970
      @realvictoria5970 Před 3 lety +1

      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
      @themfoosdidit Před 3 lety +2

      lmao them white people love ur avocados ong

  • @R1V3R_Official
    @R1V3R_Official Před 3 lety +179

    The one dislike is from the cartel 🤣

    • @luu1429
      @luu1429 Před 3 lety +1

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

    • @hiimryan2388
      @hiimryan2388 Před 3 lety +1

      FlowGin Gaming sir that's banditry

  • @AIRBORNE611
    @AIRBORNE611 Před 3 lety +3

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

  • @jonathanjackgoodman2764
    @jonathanjackgoodman2764 Před 3 lety +4

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

  • @GMDII
    @GMDII Před 3 lety +26

    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.

  • @jwkayk360
    @jwkayk360 Před 3 lety +16

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

  • @guichozambada5867
    @guichozambada5867 Před 3 lety

    It gets me sad and at the same time proud seeing how people work so hard and criminals just come and take it from them. Proud because there is still people out there that want Mexico to succeed and I hope they never stop.

  • @immortqlgqd6069
    @immortqlgqd6069 Před 3 lety

    Vice gives the best documentary vibes and thats on avocados

  • @alvinmateo4220
    @alvinmateo4220 Před 3 lety +22

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

    • @MatthewStinar
      @MatthewStinar Před 3 lety +5

      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.

  • @createchannel4603
    @createchannel4603 Před 3 lety +36

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

    • @danjohnsonspam
      @danjohnsonspam Před 3 lety +18

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

    • @walomota5197
      @walomota5197 Před 3 lety +1

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

    • @thr8thjuice
      @thr8thjuice Před 3 lety

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

    • @snipdeath
      @snipdeath Před 3 lety +2

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

    • @thr8thjuice
      @thr8thjuice Před 3 lety

      @@snipdeath yes.

  • @cyphen21
    @cyphen21 Před 3 lety +1

    So much respect for these people.

  • @enzobarbaras6045
    @enzobarbaras6045 Před 3 lety +2

    2:51 My dawg really out here smoking a cig while smoking people

  • @randyjohnson3412
    @randyjohnson3412 Před 3 lety +52

    "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
      @angelnunez7376 Před 3 lety +4

      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

  • @TheUFO619
    @TheUFO619 Před 3 lety +44

    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.
      @DePalma. Před 3 lety +1

      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.

  • @mehehhh8479
    @mehehhh8479 Před 3 lety

    i’m so happy i ran to the comments as soon as i heard the reporter say he was allergic to avocados

  • @zellodine4708
    @zellodine4708 Před 3 lety

    Damn. I saw a very similar video 5 years ago. Nothing has changed...

  • @justforfun-jp2vc
    @justforfun-jp2vc Před 3 lety +11

    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.

  • @observer2817
    @observer2817 Před 3 lety +4

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

    • @supercanal7295
      @supercanal7295 Před 3 lety +1

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

  • @BaconBLTurner
    @BaconBLTurner Před 2 lety

    I love how at like 2:30 the dude is in the middle of a firefight and somehow find time to smoke cig hahaha

  • @Doomkilla95
    @Doomkilla95 Před 3 lety +1

    “Sniper up there” stock ass iron sight high point M4 lol

  • @evanstallam7131
    @evanstallam7131 Před 3 lety +12

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

  • @moerow8215
    @moerow8215 Před 3 lety +34

    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. 😐

  • @pkflyers
    @pkflyers Před 3 lety +4

    Looking forward to seeing this in the next season of Narcos 😂

  • @JohnDoe-mx1sq
    @JohnDoe-mx1sq Před 3 lety

    1:05 That's the avocado I get every single friggin time.

  • @joejia1410
    @joejia1410 Před 3 lety +13

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

  • @hansenc6569
    @hansenc6569 Před 3 lety +62

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

    • @Avila714
      @Avila714 Před 3 lety +2

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

    • @unknownmasksw2serialirious580
      @unknownmasksw2serialirious580 Před 3 lety +3

      @@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
      @Aaron-bd3to Před 3 lety

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

    • @listrahtes
      @listrahtes Před 3 lety +4

      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
      @texassheetposter3349 Před 3 lety +1

      @@Aaron-bd3to we call them communitarios as well

  • @ViajaconMemo
    @ViajaconMemo Před 3 lety +63

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

  • @ziljin
    @ziljin Před 3 lety +1

    So how do we determine which avacados are good to buy?

  • @rosegarza4887
    @rosegarza4887 Před 3 lety +3

    Thank you for doing this is definitely an eye-opener and appreciate all the hard work they put into the avocados and I pray that they continue being safe and hang in there and knowing that people do appreciate all the hard work they do.💕💕

  • @YourMom-vl2sp
    @YourMom-vl2sp Před 3 lety +37

    The real problem is the Mexican government. They need to protect their farmers and assets.

  • @AP-ph7hf
    @AP-ph7hf Před 3 lety

    This was a great documentary by Vice. Just like the good stuff they used to produce.

  • @AyeeElyy
    @AyeeElyy Před 3 lety +2

    The smells in that farm must be amazing. Avocado trees have a very pleasant smell

  • @goldenboi24k
    @goldenboi24k Před 3 lety +28

    The title grabbed my attention!!

  • @luisavila8342
    @luisavila8342 Před 3 lety +11

    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

  • @808longjon
    @808longjon Před 3 lety +1

    0:31 Perfect timing ⏱

  • @UBGood
    @UBGood Před 3 lety +24

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

  • @KanthKing
    @KanthKing Před 3 lety +10

    Vice reports best on DRUGS cartel stories.

  • @yammiihabibi9391
    @yammiihabibi9391 Před 3 lety +11

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

    • @theherbpuffer
      @theherbpuffer Před 3 lety +1

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

    • @yammiihabibi9391
      @yammiihabibi9391 Před 3 lety +2

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

    • @LOKOBOY864
      @LOKOBOY864 Před 3 lety

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

  • @jamaljohnson1948
    @jamaljohnson1948 Před 3 lety

    My mom buys cases of avocados and one time she got a case and there was a spent shell casing chilling with the avocados lol

  • @doc.rankin577
    @doc.rankin577 Před 3 lety +11

    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
      @ImStuckInStockton Před 3 lety +2

      Oh I'll give you some discomfort in the throat

    • @ImStuckInStockton
      @ImStuckInStockton Před 3 lety +1

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

    • @curio8093
      @curio8093 Před 3 lety +1

      @@ImStuckInStockton you big gay

    • @ImStuckInStockton
      @ImStuckInStockton Před 3 lety

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