> You seem like a “blame the victims” type of person. <
Huh? So you don’t think innocents (even children) are ever deliberately killed by drug gangs? The old Mafia dons were criminals. But at least they tried to avoid killing innocents.
But the drug gangs are different. Children, priests, students...all are fair game. As I noted earlier, I’m just guessing here. Too many facts are still missing. But yeah, some sort of “message killing” is a possibility.
An unlikely one.