I have it on good authority that Colombia is safer than Mexico, except for some far outlying areas. The current government there is a free market/law and order type (and they think we’re nuts for electing Obama)
The father of my daughter’s new college roommate tried to tell me on Saturday that Mexico has more freedom than the US. Obviously, the rest of our first conversation didn’t go all that well...no prob, my kid’ll have his kid rightly minded before the semester’s out!