From that article: The DEA says these pot farms are linked to Mexican cartels. Does this mean we're going to start seeing bloody gun battles in the woods between police and the drug lords? State and federal agents say "absolutely not." They were adamant that they do not expect shootouts or kidnappings - the kinds of things you see going on in Mexico and southern California.
These are operations to grow/produce drugs. These people are concerned about one thing: profit.
Blowing away a family, and kidnapping a child, would be completely detrimental to their goals.
They don’t want attention, and don’t victimize families like the Closs’.
That’s not how they work.