Murder is not the way to solve a problem. I would guess that it is related to drug cartels.

While drugs are dangerous, if we legalized illicit drugs, it would take the power from the drug cartels and gangs, and drop crime and gun violence as happened after prohibition ended.

"Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always Bad Men." Lord Actin 1887

I fear we live in evil times...