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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Much of the food we eat\Ngoes through a pretty incredible journey
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get to us.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is especially true of avocados.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They don't grow just anywhere.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They need tons of sunlight\Nand a ton of rain,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is why about 3/4 \Nof the world's avocados
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,come from Mexico.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mostly from the state of Michoacan.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Americans are eating\Nabout three times more avocados
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than they did almost 20 years ago.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Higher demand is good for Michoacan,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but when a region booms,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,forces often much shadier, \Naim to get in on the action.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And trust me,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's part of your food's journey too.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,CHAIN REACTION
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Avocados are big business in Mexico.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}The state of Michoacan exports\Nthe majority of them{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}to the tune of almost \N3 billion dollars a year.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm someone that really enjoys avocados.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The people here live off the avocado.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Locals call it green gold.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Over the past 20 years,\NAmerica's obsession with avocado{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}has driven industry profits and\Nlifted many people here out of poverty.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Last year, the United States imported{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}a record-breaking \N2.1 billion pounds of the fruit{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}from Mexico.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The green gold."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was a very poor and f**ked up region,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but people have improved\Ntheir economic situation.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}And these days, money as green gold\Ncomes at a price.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Criminal organizations,\Nike Cartel de Jalisco en [ ]{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}have set their sights on the fruit{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}as a way to diversify\Ntheir illicit portfolios{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}by extorting growers and stealing land.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're heading up to meet up \Nwith a group of people
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who have organized to defend this land, \Ndefend this area,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from cartels and criminal groups.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're coming up to their checkpoint.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can see a guy standing out here\Nwith an M4 rifle, a sniper up there--
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're going to see \Npeople like this all over town
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to protect this community.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everyone gather.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look right now, I'll leave with the officers.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We'll do a crime prevention patrol.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We'll check that our boundaries are good.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Hector "Tata" Saavedra is \Nthe commander of a local defense group{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}that rose up against\Nthe KnightsTemplar Cartel{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}When it tried to take over large swaths\Nof Michoacan avocado orchards in 2013.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the beginning, we defended ourselves\Nwith machetes, sticks, rocks...
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We blocked every way to access our town.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No one gets out, no one gets in.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was our best defense.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Things are a bit different today.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Close the convoy at about 50 meters\Nfor each vehicle, please.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Copiado [inaudible]{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're in the heart of\Nthe avocado production zone.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Organized crime is all around us.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There have been situations\Nwhere we've been ambushed.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's our job to keep doing this.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Last year, Tata and his men\Nfound themselves in a firefight{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}with members of the Cartel de Jalisco.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}The shootout lasted close to an hour.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}The cartel's gunmen eventually retreated,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}but not before Tata and his men\Ncaptured one of their wounded.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(speaking Spanish)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}When Tata and his team head out on patrol,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}it's people like Virgilio Agustin Serrano,\Na local-farmer-turned-tower-guard,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}who manages the checkpoints.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to f**king devour a rabbit.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look at this damn rabbit.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Spicy?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not too spicy?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How often do you eat rabbit?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Only when gringos come to visit.\N(laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What kind of attention did the avocado\Nindustry bring to this community?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our town used to be ignored.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But since the avocado production started,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the town has become known
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and more developed.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So these avocados are ready to cut?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This will be ready to cut
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the beginning of December.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Hector's land produces \Nroughly 20 tons of avocados,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}and at 40 pesos a pop,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}a farm like Virgilio's can rake in \Nsome 23,000 dollars per harvest.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a lot of people in the US\Nthat love these things,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I don't think they realize\Nwhat all of Michoacan goes through
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to not only harvest them,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but to keep you and the community safe \Nfrom the cartels and criminal groups.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's your message to them to remember\Nwhen they're eating an avocado?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Producing avocados is very hard.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not talking about hard work,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it takes a lot of organization.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In some case, it costs blood or lives.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't stop eating avocados.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can rest assured\Nit's a quality product
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that it's produced \Nby Mexicans from Michoacan
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and indigenous hands.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When's the last time\Nyou actually got to enjoy one?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I ate one this morning.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I constantly eat avocados.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I eat the ones I produce.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I eat them every day.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, definitely the freshest \Npiece of avocado I have ever eaten.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cheers.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's good, it's very good.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, good.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know if I should eat\Nthis whole thing now.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm allergic. (laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For you, personally, \Nwhat are you protecting?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm personally protecting my family.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is how we normally practice.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are you afraid that things \Nwill go back to the way they were?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Things may go back as they were.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But let's hope not.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fear has always been with us.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the reason we got organized.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We wouldn't have done it\Nif we were not afraid.