PÁTZCUARO, Michoacán — In a small square crypt behind frosted glass in subtropical Michoacán is incontrovertible proof of the cost of California cannabis. The tomb just within the high cemetery
A quest for U.S. dollars, at the height of a runaway cannabis market, brought a father and son to a crude shed on a Mendocino County farm, beside other Mexican laborers in the underground economy. Traveling the other direction were coffins as the California green rush was exploiting and killing workers.