Rumors all the way to the middle of nowhere in USA

Not a question, just some thoughts.

My husband and I attended a holiday party this Friday night here in the midwest in the US, and mentioned to some acquaintances that we will be spending a couple of months in Mexico, first in Chihuahua, my home state, and before I could finish my sentence, a lady gasps and says "oh! at least you're not going to Ixtapa, they just found 6 federal officers burnt in a truck!" At the same time I finished my sentence and said "and then we're going to Zihuatanejo for a while". Awkward. we got a bit of a lecture from these strangers for exposing our family and kids to violence and "going to the middle of narco territory".

Though I am saddened to hear about the rise of violence in Zihua, I am confident that if we use our common sense and are a bit more cautious and alert we will be jut fine. As I mentioned above, being from the state of Chihuahua we are no strangers to traveling to places where militares are on every corner to keep an eye on things. I will not let fear intimidate us into not traveling and living adventures together as a family just because something bad "could potentially" happen.