farmers in area

Hi Rob
What do you know about the farmers in the area are being held back from selling products from there own land due to narco control

Boy, there's a touchy subject. Throughout Tierra Caliente and the Sierra of Guerrero and Michoacán this has become a huge problem. It was one of the reasons for the rise of the autodefensas in Michoacán a few years back, and it's allegedly the reason for the existence of similar groups usually called Policía Comunitarias here in Guerrero. But, as is common here, things aren't always what they appear to be. I used to post a lot of articles about this in one of my blogs.

Farmers keep having to abandon their lands for lack of protection from organized criminals. The military shows up for a while and things return to "normal", then the military leaves and the cycle repeats itself.