Mexico water wars: Farmers take over avocado orchards that need too much water

Get the Full StoryA potential conflict looms with avocado growers who are often sponsored by or pay protection money to drug cartels.

As a drought in Mexico drags on, angry subsistence farmers have begun taking direct action on thirsty avocado orchards and berry fields of commercial farms that are drying up streams in the mountains west of Mexico City.

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