Sure, but his point wasn't just the criminal act but that the thugs were in the open, dressed and pretending to be cops...or worse....were cops.

All the fun touristy towns there have been rapidly degrading and even if CUN is as safe as anywhere else right now, its still in Mexico and Mexico is collapsing big time. Its not if but when. As an added bonus, if anything does happen, you get to deal with Mexican police and justice system as an outsider that in most cases doesn't speak the language and stands out like a strobe in the clouds, even if you don't wear a watch.

To me its just a beach, and really its not even that cheap anymore. High risk, low reward. Oh and bonus: violent diarrhea if you drink the water. I'm glad someone wants to go there though.