Narcos-Versus-Farmers Feud Spurs Inflation Wagers: Mexico Credit

For the second time in eight months, Mexico’s army is combing through Michoacan state’s lime-growing valleys to re-establish order as vigilante farmers battle with drug gangs.

Unlike the last time, though, when soldiers managed to quickly push back the cartels seeking to extort farmers, clearing the way for the transport of produce into Mexico City, their presence now has further stoked the conflict.