Gotta keep it in perspective...
Fancy new pickup trucks, especially four door all wheel drive are more at risk on Mex 15-D than my toad is in rural Guerrero. Jeeps are a no-no. Fancy toads are risky. "Hey Juan, look at the 2002 Ford pickup I scored" ain't gonna happen.
Some folks do not want to travel Mexico in anything but a shiny new pickup -- and that really pinches the risk factor outside of so-called safe areas (islands) of tourism.
Drive a 2018 jacked up candy apple red dually between Ensenada and Tijuana between 3 and 4 am a half dozen times and I'll bet you can't reach seven.
Some folks ridicule the idea of using a well broken in phony wallet with expired driver license, expired credit cards, COSTCO, yadda-yadda. Maybe seven hundred pesos in cash. Want to get fancy. On a slip of paper scribble
MONEYGRAM 4008175743 2.000
One glance and someone will be convinced you have two thousand dollars waiting at a moneygram outlet.
Robbers know that they have a limited amount of time. Years ago a marine patrol rounded a curve on Mex 37 and caught a group red handed. They were all hauled away.
Where I do not drive here is between Uruapan, and Chapala, East of the butterfly sanctuary on Mex 15 mil cumbres, And outside of the route from Mex 14-D to villa escalante sta clara de cobre to the south of Mex 14-D. Mex 37-D between La Mira and Uruapan is also off limits.
After Dr. Mireles group cleaned house up Mex 200 (which happened after the Canadian Rainbirds incident, I have not heard of a single verifiable incident on Mex 200. Same for Mex 200 from Mex 14-D south to Zihuatanejo. South of Zihuatanejo to Acapulco travel is safe between 0900 and 1800 hours when the SSP and marinas are patrolling. Pie de La Cuesta seems to be safe for overnighting or longer.
