What’s the story on this?

I have a mildly tangential story and wonder if anyone has feedback.
About a month ago I took a calculated risk and took a night bus from Puerto Escondido to Acapulco.
It left around midnight and arrived about 9AM.
I immediately caught a bus to Zihuatanejo which was my final destination.
I had done some research and read a gringo report about the bus getting help up about 4 years ago, but no recent incidents.
Do you think I was particularly foolish in traveling at night?

Lots of folks travel at night so they can conduct their business beginning early in the morning upon reaching their destinations. Those of us who have to go from Zihuatanejo to Chilpancingo or Acapulco for any reason often do this. In areas where there are problems reported the buses usually travel in convoys or with police escorts. Of course if the news media aren't reporting problems then it's impossible to know what's going on. But in general if an area is having problems the bus companies stop the service until the police take action and catch the culprits. I haven't heard of any bus holdups in our region for quite some time. Buses that make frequent stops to pick up passengers are at a higher risk. The direct non-stop buses are the ones we try to take whenever we travel and they are the ones I always recommend.