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Failed state? I think that overstates it.

Pakistan, maybe. Thailand, maybe. Mexico, not yet. The interior of Mexico is pretty safe. There are some pitched gun battles between drug factions and between drug factions and law enforcement/military. With very few exceptions, one being in Morelia on the night of El Grito, civilians have not been targeted, which does not mean there has not been "collateral damage.- even in some relatively small cities in the northern part of the country, like Lerdo.

I feel safer in downtown Merida any time night or day than I did in downtown St. Louis in the 1960's, or in parts of Portland in 2008 - even with our low crime rate.