[Gritty]

Are the Mexican drug cartels now in charge down there? This sounds like something they would do to intimidate people.

[CedarDave]

Are the Mexican drug cartels now in charge down there?
I'm sure there's some of that if not them, family members - if not overt, then favors exchanged, etc.

This sounds like something they would do to intimidate people.
One account has it ethnic - Hispanics against Anglos.