Because mobsters can be better politicians for their local citizens. Pablo Escobar actually gave money away to columbians. When you think about the columbian d

Because mobsters can be better politicians for their local citizens. Pablo Escobar actually gave money away to columbians. When you think about the columbian drug trade, it was an actual mean to take money from the US to Columbia. I don't see why columbians would fight it if it didn't cause that much violence. Of course until the government and the DEA tried to stop him, then of course people would like him less. So it really all depend how people perceive those criminals. You could just think that criminals are just people seizing a political opportunity to improve their neighborhood or city by other means. Prohibition was creating an opportunity just like the drug war did.