I have been to Mexico many times, but will never go again. While most of the people there ARE very nice, there are also growing numbers that view Americans as targets of opportunity. It isn’t worth the risk to go.
I wonder if someone could accurately calculate the odds of robbery/kidnapping/death a tourist driving down and back and visiting for a couple of days non-criminal relatives in various Mexican cities.
Compared to Detroit I’d bet the odds are10 to 100 times higher.