You are purposely missing the point. They remained, despite their purported 100 year lineage, a distinct and separate social, religious and racial entity from the endemic culture even to the point of retaining citizenship in the land of their ancestors. If you cannot see the conflict and volatility in that situation then you are a hopeless apologist and not much of a thinker.
I am not missing the point. I am insisting that the indisputable criminal activity of this particular group across the century that it has been in Mexico played a part, and that it is the height of pretentiousness to ignore that factor.