Come here sir step right up

I'm not at all suprised. A friend of mine's brother is married to a girl who has relatives in Mexico and they have to pay money to the cartel to keep their families safe. One family didn't have the money to pay and there was some sort of mix up as to who had paid and who hadn't paid. Long story short, one of the girls relatives was kidnapped and held for ransom. Apparently this is common in Mexico and the authorities can't do anything about it. This is why so many people are fleeing to the U.S.

Sounds like the Mexican govt. needs to gather a large army and wage war against the cartels. If that is even possible.