Little by little, the day laborers who work in the lemon fields in Michoacán begin to resume their activities, amid fear over the murder of their leader and with the hope that the authorities will collaborate with them.
For the day laborers of the lemon sector of Michoacán there is mourning in the countryside for the murder of their leader, Bernardo Bravo Manríquez, president of the Association of Citrus Growers of the Apatzingán Valleybut also the need to work to support his family.
Among a strong security device, the day in this area of Tierra Caliente began at 4 in the morning with the concentration of the lemon cutter crews in the vicinity of the Monument to Lázaro Cárdenas.
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“The death of comrade Berna is regretted, but nothing can be done, because we have to give him the will, there is no more, no way to keep him going, just forward, boss. Now that if you don’t work you don’t eat, and there are many families that depend on this”says José Guadalupe, a crew leader.
For Marino Cendejas, a lemon cutter, It will be important that the citrus activity is not suspended or stopped because many families depend on this productive chain..
The day laborer is aware of the implications of this activity and the conditions of violence experienced in the countryside and in this region, which ended the life of the citrus farmer leader.
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“Despite what happened, we risk that something happens to us there (in the orchards), and then one goes out, but who knows if he or she will return home.”. One comes out well, but who knows if he comes back, but then the one above helps us,” he expressed.
Once the crews were hired, they moved to the citrus fields to carry out their work in cutting.
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A producer from that area of the Apatzingán Valley, who requested anonymity, pointed out that, In addition to the violence, lemon prices have them in suspense, as does the fate of the sector after the murder of its leader, Bernardo Bravo..
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“Well, the economic crisis that the Apatzingán Valley region is experiencing is largely derived from the situation of the very low lemon prices that have remained during the last year and, therefore, from the situation of insecurity that surrounds the entire lemon trade,” he points out.
He regretted that they work to make no profit.“and we don’t know where our money is, but we know it’s not in our hands, because most of us producers are in debt. “We have resorted to requesting credit at supply stores or taking out loans to sell our belongings to be able to maintain production,” he explained.
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The producer added: “well We are in a time of great uncertainty.. With the murder of the leader of the citrus growers they have left us all in a situation of doubt, of not knowing what is going to happen or what our future is. We don’t see many solutions at this time. We don’t know, “We are all afraid and under fear it is very difficult to act.”.
Citrus growers do not plan to stop cutting and are waiting for support from the authorities so that this agricultural activity does not collapse further.they added.
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