Avocado farmers turned militia men

Brut America

Violence, theft, disappearances ...  Local farmers in Mexico are turning to a civilian armed group for protection from cartels. This is the war over avocado production in Mexico.

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00:00At first I was afraid to bring a gun, but after seeing everything they did to us,

00:04the way the criminal groups are, well, there is no fear anymore.

00:09Maybe you are afraid that one day you will leave your house and you do not know if you will return or not.

00:30One day they took him and my dad, and we never heard from him again,

00:44neither good nor bad, nor what they did to him, nothing.

01:00They took him and my dad, and we never heard from him again, neither good nor bad, nor what they did to him, nothing.

01:10They took him and my dad, and we never heard from him again, neither good nor bad, nor what they did to him, nothing.

01:26A little while ago they kidnapped a boy who also supported a barricade.

01:31We had to go for him, right?

01:34And it was not going to be given to him, it was just like an ambush, and there we lost an element that was my cousin.

01:48Those of us who know little more how to handle a gun, to those who do not know, we tell them how.

01:55To be continued

02:25To be continued

02:55To be continued

03:25Self-defense should not exist, because the responsibility of security belongs to the state.

03:37Self-defense was done here before and they were criminal groups, we are not criminals, we are just producers of avocados.

03:56To be continued

04:01To be continued

04:09To be continued

04:12Let the people who see us, not think that we are a criminal group.

04:15We are united people and that's how it will always be.

04:17We are to protect the people, not to steal the people.

04:21To be continued

04:25What can we do for the farmers?

04:29It's obvious, we are afraid.

04:31But if we are going to live with the fear and let them come in and do whatever they want, then no.

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