Anecdotal, but I am someone who lived in Mexico as a non-citizen on a resident visa for a year or so. I have never had problems with cartels/shootings or anythi

Anecdotal, but I am someone who lived in Mexico as a non-citizen on a resident visa for a year or so. I have never had problems with cartels/shootings or anything of the like. But obviously this will highly depend on what activities you partake in, and where you end up visiting. The worst I have had happen is a case of pickpocketing that happened to my GF. I would obviously not recommend going to areas that are known for issues. I also recommend doing the majority of traveling to other cities via airplane if you are worried about this sort of thing. I did take plenty of busses myself but I know some people are very paranoid/worried of what can happen.