Many say they are too scared, blaming extortion attempts by people who have accused Good Samaritans of causing their injuries - and judges who have backed such claims.

很多人指责说这是因为人们害怕被救者倒打一耙，诬陷助人为乐者——而那些支持这种行为的法官也难辞其咎。

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People who have responded have been beaten, subjected to threats and extortion, and in some cases, murdered.

人们已经被打败，响应威胁和敲诈勒索的，在一些情况下，杀害了。

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"For people who are not C. E. O. s, the threat is people scanning the Internet for accessible webcams for a range of motives, from voyeurism to extortion," Mr. Cobb wrote in an email.

“对于不是重要人物的人来说，威胁在于，在网上寻找可操纵摄像头的人可能是出于一系列动机，从窥探他人隐私到敲诈勒索，”科布在一封电子邮件中写道。

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They are there to look after their profit, and make sure that people don't step out of line, and we see regular examples of violence, kidnapping, extortion - and indeed holding people kidnapped in this country, and demanding people back home in the originating country, come up with more money.

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Professor Monica Serrano from the Colegio de Mexico, a university in Mexico City, says the cartels' use of threats and extortion to boost funds is forcing people to leave their homes and in many cases make themselves "disappear".

BBC: Searching for Mexico's drug war 'disappeared'

Gangs such as MS-13 and 18th Street conduct business internationally, engaging in kidnapping, robbery, extortion, assassinations, and the trafficking of people and contraband across borders.

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