Stefano Ritondale
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I mean, you have the mountain. Is yours an eggplant? I'm like, what are we?
Yeah, I mean, that's literally how you track them. And they'll put it out there. That's how they know.
Yeah, I mean, that's literally how you track them. And they'll put it out there. That's how they know.
Yeah, I mean, that's literally how you track them. And they'll put it out there. That's how they know.
And my suspicion is the reason why they do that is because they understand that if you put like Sinaloa cartel, the algorithm will take it down.
And my suspicion is the reason why they do that is because they understand that if you put like Sinaloa cartel, the algorithm will take it down.
And my suspicion is the reason why they do that is because they understand that if you put like Sinaloa cartel, the algorithm will take it down.
Yeah, so I think a lot of people, and I think that's an excellent point, misunderstand that cartels are involved just with drug trafficking.
Yeah, so I think a lot of people, and I think that's an excellent point, misunderstand that cartels are involved just with drug trafficking.
Yeah, so I think a lot of people, and I think that's an excellent point, misunderstand that cartels are involved just with drug trafficking.
Yeah, absolutely.
Yeah, absolutely.
Yeah, absolutely.
So one of the things that we know they traffic is lime and avocados. So Michoacan, specifically, excuse me, Michoacán specifically, there's a huge fighting going on between two cartels, but mainly two cartels. There's more, but I'm just going to focus on here. There's one group called Carteles Unidos, the United Cartels, and then CGNG.
So one of the things that we know they traffic is lime and avocados. So Michoacan, specifically, excuse me, Michoacán specifically, there's a huge fighting going on between two cartels, but mainly two cartels. There's more, but I'm just going to focus on here. There's one group called Carteles Unidos, the United Cartels, and then CGNG.
So one of the things that we know they traffic is lime and avocados. So Michoacan, specifically, excuse me, Michoacán specifically, there's a huge fighting going on between two cartels, but mainly two cartels. There's more, but I'm just going to focus on here. There's one group called Carteles Unidos, the United Cartels, and then CGNG.
And historically, a lot of the fighting that occurs is actually in very remote areas of Michoacan. And the New York Times did a very great reporting on this years ago that highlighted that one of the reasons why they're fighting is because of the avocado farmers in that region, the lime farmers and all that, right, in that specific region. To the point where it got so bad that the U.S.