Although being, oh two or three hundred miles south

or more sounds good about now, I've had no plans to got to Mexico in the near future. Places I would love to see, but for one thing there's money, and then there's this:
The men were abducted Sunday when 30 to 40 armed men stormed the La Barranca hunting ranch in Mexico near the border south of Laredo, authorities said. It's the latest incident in a violence-plagued region where there are at least 20 unresolved cases in the last two years involving kidnapped U.S. citizens.
and
In September, U.S. Ambassador Tony Garza warned Americans to stay vigilant when traveling to Mexico and singled out Nuevo Laredo, across the river from Laredo, Texas, as being particularly dangerous. Garza said there were at least 20 unresolved kidnapping cases involving Americans.

So you add to this that there's a low-level insurrection going on down there(with potential to become high-level) and you have no way to carry for self-defense and the way the Mexican 'justice system' works(especially with tourists)...

It'll be a while.