Sadly, Baja’s Cabo San Juan and San Lucas are heading this direction too. 20 years ago I felt perfectly safe. The towns/resorts knew who buttered their bread, the tourists and they put a lot of money into security and police. My last time there 2 years ago... yeeesh. Gang violence, drug violence, murders, the entire atmosphere has changed.
No kidding... the murder rate there has gone off the charts in the past 5 years. My neighbours were there a month or so ago and this was when a bunch of bodies were found hanging off a bridge.
I was in Mexico a month ago to visit a plant. The deal I gave them was that the company had to provide an armed escort for me from the second I got off the plane and all the time I was there until I got back. Overall, it worked out fine.