There are hundreds of thousands of U.S. expats in Mexico and on the forums they say don't get involved in the drug trade and you're fine. Much of what we hear about violence and asylum seekers is from Democrats justifying illegal immigration to hopefully turn them into Democrat voters someday.I was referring more to the human rights violations and hostile attitude.
I think a good starting place to help South America would be ending the war on drugs, not starting another one. I think most of that countries problems stem from out of control cartels that have corrupted the government to the highest levels.