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Why Avocados Attract Interest Of Mexican Drug Cartels

Mexican drug cartels have gotten into the lucrative avocado business in Michoacán Province, where most of the avocados imported into the U.S are grown.
Mexican drug cartels have gotten into the lucrative avocado business in Michoacan Province, where most of the avocados imported into the U.S are grown. (Jose Castanares/AFP/Getty Images)

Earlier this month, Mexican officials discovered the body of a second murdered activist who worked at the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve in the mountains of Michoacán.

Reports on the say clandestine avocado farms had something to do with the two deaths. Mexican drug cartels have broken into the in the

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