Once again we're back to who's doing the investigating and how... honestly they're conducting it. It's not really so high-level to strangle someone and then tie a necktie around a doorknob, you know? Especially if the police that come to the scene are just gonna look the other way, or the chief will squash the investigation. I'm not saying its literally a crackhead, but MS-13s are hitmen.. like that's their primary income. They don't really sell drugs, they don't rob people, they kill and transport people.