Drug cartels have returned to western Mexico to extort lime farmers and run protection rackets. Over the weekend, violence erupted in the Michoacan state of Mexico with several convenience stores and ...

Four competing drug cartels are extorting avocado producers in Michoacán, Mexico, showing how the fruit is becoming an increasingly important source of illicit profits in the context of shifting ...

The Cárteles Unidos (CU) is a criminal organization that was born out of an alliance between the Cartel de Tepalcatepec, Los Viagras and other groups to combat advances made by the Jalisco Cartel New ...

U.S. consumers’ love for avocados seems to know no bounds. From 2001 through 2020, consumption of this fruit laden with healthy fats tripled nationwide, rising to more than 8 pounds per person yearly.

Experts say you may be paying more for your avocado toast or guacamole in the short term, and the effects of the U.S. temporary ban on imports of the fruit is already being felt by avocado pickers in ...

The Mexican state of Michoacan, which obtained a 2010 UNESCO designation as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity for its cuisine, was selected as the venue for the VII Gastronomy Forum, to be held ...

Times reporters on assignment in Michoacán, Mexico, found a drastically altered landscape and dangers to those who protest deforestation. By John Otis Times Insider explains who we are and what we do ...

A pre-Columbian pyramid at Ihuatzio Archaeological Zone, Michoacán, Mexico, has partially collapsed following downpours around Lake Pátzcuaro, according to Mexico’s Instituto Nacional de Antropología ...

Palm Desert, Calif. (KESQ) -- This Hispanic Heritage month, here at News Channel 3, we are telling “Stories that Inspire.” We meet a young migrant from Michoacán, Mexico. Her name is Alexandra Ramirez ...

Located in central Mexico, Morelia not only happens to be a “world heritage city” thanks to its 16th century Spanish architecture, but also happens to be the heart of where “Avocados from Mexico” are ...