Catholicism and crime

For the past 26 years I've been living in Mexico, so I do know a little of what I'm about to share with you.
The one thing most Mexicans have in common is there religion, Catholicism over 99% are devoted Catholics.
My question is this , At this time we have a very serious war in Mexico, Why?
What part of "thy shall not kill" don't they understand?

Let me run some facts by you. There are more people killed in Mexico on a daily basis than in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and Syria combined.
They say it's okay, it's just the drug cartels fighting for control, bull shit, for every cartel member that goes down there are 5 innocents that go down with him.
How can this be? these are supposedly God fearing Catholics, and they are.
The question is why? Why are so many Mexicans Catholic?

One of the main reasons is the Vatican made them an offer they couldn't refuse. Your Catholic or your dead.

An other reason, they made converting to Catholicism such a sweet deal is this , no-matter what you do, rape, steal, cheat on your wife, and yes even murder, there is a way out, all you have to do is go to confession.
All you have to say is, "bless me father for I have sinned", and tell the priest what ever sin you have committed, The priest is who is acting on behalf of an all forgiving, all loving God, can exonerate you of all your evil deeds for this week.
No wonder there are so many Catholics in the world, no matter what hideous crime you commit you get a free pass.So what are the incentives to live by Gods rules when there is such an easy way out.

There are none, and for this reason alone I put the blame for no less than 70% of all crime in Mexico in the laps of the Catholic church, including this stupid drug war,  instigated and supported by the U.S. with arms and of course billions upon billions of dollars. but that will be discussed in another post.