4 hours agoThe thieves warn the village: We're coming, prepare what we want. They die!
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)The thieves of Anjahana vanilla were so sure of their power to intimidate farmers that they had been warned in advance of the raids. “We're coming tonight”, they wrote on a note at the doors of the remote coastal village in Madagascar. “Prepare what we want“, also said. But they either underestimated their goods [...]
“Prepare what we want“, it also said.
But they either underestimated their targeted or overestimated the tenderness of their victims. After an attack at the beginning of the year, a mob rounded five suspected gangsters, dragged them to the village square and then decided on the bloody duty of crowd justice.
“They demanded and killed them with kitchen knives and dungonita”, Said a vanilla farmer, who was among the crowd. I think it's okay. The police did nothing. Now gangsters will be afraid to steal from us. Now we have our guard. Community youths do night patrols. ”
These extraordinary murders confirmed by the Guardian, a local priest, have remained unresolved and internationally reported so far. But environmental defenders say they point out that the rising price of vanilla on global markets is linked to village crime and forest destruction.
Madagascar is the world's primary supplier of sticks to taste in ice cream, candy, and chocolate. Despite its infamous reputation, more than tenfold increase in the value of smell over the past five years has fostered dangerous passions.
Culture thefts have been reported in most major regions on the rise and dozens of murders. Some communities have sought protection from armed police. Others like Anjahana have taken things into their own hands.
Forest defender Clovs Razafimalala explains that vanilje violence is the product of poorly regulated global markets, corrupt local politicians and a flood of cash ready from illegal, scented timber trade in China.
