Looking to cross the border in early October

Nearly 3,200 people have been killed in drug-related violence

Note the important part of the quote - drug-related - which has nothing to do with us.

many thousands have died

On average about 16,000 in the US each year for well over 20 years according to the FBI website and the US Dept. of Justice website.

heard the bombs going off as the shrapnel went into the kids legs as they got off the bus

Was that the Boston Marathon you are speaking of? Or when Timothy McVeigh killed 168 and injured almost 800 others in OK City? Which other bombs?

slaughtered for asking for more for their crop

Would this be people involved in the drug business? What does it have to do with tourists?

within our own national forests

As well as our National Parks etc. where both Americans and Mexicans are growing marijuana which consumers in the US buy up as fast as they can grow it.

"It won't happen to us",

Which anyone who pays any attention at all to the news knows happens to someone almost every day in the US.

You can live in fantasyland and denialville

Many people who live in the US do not seem to think there are any very serious problems right here at home. That is certainly denial and fantasy. People who live in glass houses should not throw stones. Let he who is without sin cast the first stone. Before you accuse me take a look at yourself. Get your own house in order. All somewhat famous quotes.

Yes, there is crime in Mexico. Is there anywhere that is without crime? Certainly we are not expected to think the US is crime free - are we? I think perhaps it is time for one of those good old reality checks.