How Mexico’s cartels infiltrated the tortilla business

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Is this a Pablo Francisco skit?

I hadn't thought of this in yeeears. I think I still have it memorized.

National Tortilla Council.

Mexico having a national tortilla council caught me unawares.

But the stranglehold the cartels have on the entire country is horrorifying for everyone in Mexico.

Wait til you hear about Canada's Strategic Maple Syrup Reserve. Which got (partially) stolen in 2010. Oops.

Oh I do know about that. Actually, I read whatever way too long article they wrote about it when they finally admitted that it was all stolen, haha, and spot on correlation.

I was as fascinated by the maple syrup reserve as I am the national tortilla council.

I think if I have a taco night from now on, I'm going to precede the dinner by announcing that the national tortilla council has ordained at Taco night.