Just an aside story about prior years.
Banamex used the Burroughs line of computers for their banks. One day back in the 80s we/Santa Barbara got a call about a problem in Hermosillo which is the capitol of Sonora. I was the fly and fix guy then and when I say fly I mean commerical. But I did have another sideline. I told my manager to give me credit for driving 2 cars and after a wince he said OK. I got the wife and another technician and we walked across the street and got in to a Bonanza.
I taught flying as a hobby. We flew into Hermosillo without any visas. Had passports but they didn’t state why we were there. I think it took 3 twenty dollar bills, one for each officer, to overlook the computer listings in the back and accept that we were on vacation.
Fixed the problen the 2nd day and the bank people set us up for a couple of days in Kino Bay. A resort town on the inland Baja Gulf.
Mexico when it was OK. Drove the length of the Baja down to Cabo San Lucas in ‘91. And back of course. No way now.
Mexico used to be a different country. The history of Mexico is dotted with violence of one sort or another with periods of relative quiet. For a while they had several revolutions, then sort of mini revolutions.