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E1: Avocados from Mexico

Avocados are seen in a field in Michoacán.
Stephania Corpi
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TPR
Avocados are seen in a field in Michoacán.

Avocado consumption has exploded in the U.S. over the past decade. But what’s rarely seen is the rotten underbelly of this industry, controlled by armed groups in Mexico who use smuggled weapons from the U.S. to keep control over this lucrative business. Meet Linda, who lives in Ixtaro, a small avocado producer town. She experienced unimaginable horrors while under the siege of narcos.

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Stephania Corpi is a Mexican journalist, documentary photographer and a co-host and co-producer of the Line in the Land and La Línea podcasts from Texas Public Radio.
Toya is an Argentine photojournalist based in Mexico City, where she covers migration and human rights issues in the region.