If people are knee deep in drug trade I don't think extortion comes into question. Like people said it's been carried out since the beginning. People from the mob have been involved in drugs since the 30s/40s but it was deemed immoral like theft. Personally I find it a wonder why extortion and kidnapping is seen as low of the low in Mexico but police corruption, rape and pedophilia go largely unnoticed
Because I think that kidnappings attract more attention that drug trafficking and was made by street thugs to find money to start a drug ring. Even the worst criminal hate the pedophiles so I don't think that the pedophilia is accepted even in Mexico.
