I usually start with the Times (have press access, so the paywall isn’t a problem) and Al Jazeera, then the Telegraph and the BBC. Between the four you get a reasonably balanced and only moderately left wing slant on the day’s stories.
I can believe the danger claims. I spent two years in Mexico in my youth (long distant!) and it was rough then. Now, according to friends, it is far too dangerous a place to raise a family, or run a business, or even to farm food!