I haven’t been south of the border since the mid 80s. No intention of ever going there again. And it’s only going to continue to get worse down there and being in a tourist area is no guarantee of safety anymore.
My wife had never been to Mexico so as part of a hiking vacation years ago we stayed one night in El Paso. We walked across the bridge from El Paso to Juarez.
One look at the lady’s room at a Juarez restaurant and she was done—subject has never come up since.
:-)
It never was safe.