{"id":974143,"date":"2021-11-05T21:29:23","date_gmt":"2021-11-06T01:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=974143"},"modified":"2021-11-05T21:29:24","modified_gmt":"2021-11-06T01:29:24","slug":"gunmen-kill-11-avocado-farmworkers-in-western-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gunmen-kill-11-avocado-farmworkers-in-western-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"Gunmen Kill 11 Avocado Farmworkers in Western Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgunmen-kill-11-avocado-farmworkers-in-western-mexico%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=974143&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/AP_363687641044-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Gunmen killed 11 Avocado farmworkers in the state of Michoacan, marking the latest massacre as rival cartels fight for control of the region. Six of the victims were minors.<\/p>\n<p>The shooting took place this week in the municipality of Tangamandapio, the Michoacan Attorney General\u2019s Office revealed in a prepared statement. The victims are described as avocado farmworkers not tied to illicit activity.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Locals revealed to Breitbart Texas the victims were Purepecha Indians and that state authorities have largely ignored their pleas for help as criminal organizations target avocado farmers for extortion schemes.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"11.034482758621\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"es\">MASACRE EN MICHOAC\u00c1N<\/p>\n<p>La noche de este lunes en la comunidad de Tarecuato cerca de Zamora Michoac\u00e1n se reporto la masacre de once personas, todos fueron ejecutados con el tiro de gracia, j\u00f3venes de entre 13 y 20 a\u00f1os, junto una camioneta y tres motocicletas. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IldefonsoOrtiz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@IldefonsoOrtiz<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CVPGmpj0x7\">pic.twitter.com\/CVPGmpj0x7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Unidad De Inteligencia Ciudadana (@UnidadDeInteli1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UnidadDeInteli1\/status\/1455583625982976004?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to state authorities, the victims left to a wooded area to collect honey in the morning and did not return home. It was not until that night when authorities found the 11 bodies, all shot several times. A motive has not been officially revealed.<\/p>\n<p>Michoacan has become a war zone where large-scale shootouts, kidnappings, and massacres have become commonplace in recent years.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/border\/2020\/12\/20\/exclusive-mexican-cartel-boss-using-children-as-human-shields-in-turf-war\/\">The violence is tied to a brutal turf war between smaller cartels and cells masquerading as self-defense grou<\/a>ps calling themselves Carteles Unidos, who are trying to keep out elements from Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG). The rival criminal organizations have been fighting over control of drug production territories in remote mountain areas and trafficking routes near the coast to bring cocaine shipments from Central and South America by boat.<\/p>\n<p><em>Editor\u2019s Note: Breitbart Texas traveled to the Mexican States of Tamaulipas, Coahuila, Nuevo Le\u00f3n, and other areas to recruit citizen journalists willing to risk their lives and expose the cartels silencing their communities.&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/texas\/2015\/02\/15\/breitbart-texas-announces-cartel-chronicles-effort-begins-to-help-citizen-journalists-in-mexico\/\"><em>Breitbart Texas\u2019 Cartel Chronicles<\/em><\/a><em>&nbsp;are published in both English and in their original&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/texas\/2015\/02\/15\/cronicas-de-carteles-breitbart-texas-un-esfuerzo-por-ayudar-a-los-periodistas-de-ciudadanos-en-mexico\/\"><em>Spanish<\/em><\/a><em>. This article was written by Jose Luis Lara, a former leading member who helped start the Self-Defense Movement in Michoac\u00e1n.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gunmen killed 11 Avocado farmworkers in the state of Michoacan, marking the latest massacre as rival cartels fight for control of the region. Six of the victims were minors. 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