I should have omitted the site and just asked the question.
This site has quite a bit of info - I learned about it from a couple from Alaska when I was in Guayaquil, Eduador. Panama is nice...and not all of Mexico is bad.
http://www.internationalliving.com/
Bagdad would be much safer to retire to than Mexico.
I live 20 miles N. of the San Diego - Tijuana border
There are more beheading in Tijuana than Iraq.
Killings, kidnappings, Mexican Army patrolling the steets.
Some bodies are dumped in barrels of acid.
There is a war going on in Mexico only some don’t care to hear about it.