Mexican / USA border Safest..UPDATE ?

[Elizadz21]

Hi There..
I am leaving on my RTW journey next week from Maine. I have read all post regarding border crossings over to Mexico but most are out dated considering the increased violence and blood shed as recent as May 2012.

"The discovery of 49 mutilated bodies dumped on a highway in northern Mexico on Sunday is the third massacre in the last ten days in the country's so called "Triangle of Death."
On May 9th the dismembered bodies of 18 victims were left near Mexico's second largest city, Guadalajara. Before that, on May 5th, the bodies of 23 people were found hanging from a bridge or decapitated near city hall in the border city of Nuevo Laredo.
The triangle, an area comprised by the highways that connect Monterrey, Nuevo Leon Reynosa and Nuevo Laredo is a region where Mexico's two dominant drug cartels are trying to outdo each other in bloodshed while warring over smuggling routes. " Usa travel warnings are thick in all northern Mexican states....

I would like of course to save 3-6 days by crossing one the 5 borders on the east side of the US but not sure thats wise. ANYONE cross and ride down thru the eastern texas / Mexico roads ?? At this point i'm thinking of traveling to the Nogales border ( actually go 30 more miles west to small crossing at Mataposa )... any suggestions or thoughts would be GREAT... Thank You... sorry if this was a bit longgggg Winded... Visit my blog if you like.. Hope to see some of you on the road !! Eliza.