I quit going to baja 12 years ago when uniformed men with battle rifles pulled me over with my girlfriend.
It was Mexican cops that time but they looked like banditos and if I had so much as a spent 22 cartridge in my truck I would have gone to jail.
My friend retired down there with his wife in Rosorita? Beach. He and his wife had a trailor by the sea. Two guys tried to steal his satelittle dish 15 years ago. He went out to stop them and they killed him with a knife.
I was on a beach in Acapulco in 78. There were two armed men in uniform keeping guard. They had battle rifles as well. That scene still sticks in my mind because at the time I had never seen that in America but I have always wondered if I ever would. 9/11 changed that.
Now it is common to see men armed with battle rifles. The gov has its own army and it will not be long before they put their weapons and training to use on American citizens.