The Ballad of Cherán
The Ballad of Cherán
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The small town of Cherán in Michoacán, Mexico, sits amidst pine trees, and most of its residents make money off of the resin they tap. But when drug cartels turned their attention to Cherán’s pine trees and began illegally logging them to make a quick buck, the townspeople decided that enough was enough.