Greetings @tangerinetravels guys!
If they only had a little fear just driving in Guadalajara, I think it's a safe city.
Many times news channels magnify small things that happen in any city in the world.
In my country, just leaving with a camera (or cell phone) in your hand, would be a reason to steal your device or kill you.
And for a woman to go out alone to the street (if she is very cute) it is also dangerous, because it is a reason for the criminals to dare to do bad things to them.