And, to answer the question originally asked.

Yes, I do have a friends who purchased near Baja.

They'd been there six months when some anti-American guerilla group (ironic, since they were Canadian) broke into their homes and attacked them. He ended up in the hospital with a fractured skull, multiple broken bones and she was stabbed in the lungs with a screwdriver.

The both survived the attacks, but needless to say, they have sold up and returned home.

Be careful, Lee. Get some investigation done on you areas and security before you buy. Mexico is a beautiful country (I do love it), but extremely poor and the cartels have a stronghold on the country - it makes for desperate people, who can be convinced to do desperate things.