<p style="text-indent:0px; line-height:12px;"><span style="font-weight:bold;line-height:130%">Michoacán, MX </span><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">By ANUK Staff<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">4.30.13</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><img src="https://cdn.andnowuknow.com/legacyWriterImages/hl_michoacan_fire_avocado_packers_BODY_01.jpg" alt="Cropped Images April 30th 2013" /><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><img class="small-cropped-image" src="https://cdn.andnowuknow.com/legacySmallCroppedImages/Fire-Michoacan_00.jpeg" alt="Cropped Images April 30th 2013" />Two avocado packer locations in the town of Tancítaro, Michoacán were burned down by an unidentified armed group, inflicting huge losses. There have been no arrests, as of yet.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Sources with the State Attorney General reported that two avocado packing facilities were consumed by the flames.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><img src="https://cdn.andnowuknow.com/legacyWriterImages/Fire-Michoacan_02.jpg" alt="Cropped Images April 30th 2013" />Rescue workers were unable to control the infernos and neighboring individuals who tried to douse the flames were threatened by a group of masked men who prevented them from approaching the factory and threatened to shoot them.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><img src="https://cdn.andnowuknow.com/legacyWriterImages/Fire-Michoacan_03.jpeg" alt="Cropped Images April 30th 2013" />Unofficial sources said that days before, they had received threats from unknown entities because the population of Tancítaro refused to join the alleged community policing groups.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><img src="https://cdn.andnowuknow.com/legacyWriterImages/Fire-Michoacan_04.jpg" alt="Cropped Images April 30th 2013" />City officials have kept schools and small packers closed since last week as they have been objects of threats and harassment of organized crime groups.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>Stay tuned to AndNowUKnow for updates on the situation.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href="http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/919271.html" target="_new">Avocado Packer Fire Report</a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
