Put a black eye on a really great trip, ironically, travel to mexico, no problems at all, get robbed in the U.S. on the way home.
Where's the irony?

What does that say about our country?
Absolutely nothing, really, except that crappy people exist everywhere.

This isn't a matter of something being wrong with our country, it's a matter of something being wrong with the people who stole from you. Did you give the police a complete list of the belongings that were stolen?

Since the articles were in your room rather than in the hotel's safety deposit box, the hotel may in fact escape any liability here:

Georgia law requires innkeepers to exercise extraordinary diligence to protect property entrusted to them by their guests. If a guest has complied with all reasonable rules of the inn, then the innkeeper is liable as an insurer for entrusted property which is stolen. The innkeeper may post a notice requiring guests to place valuables in a safe or other place of deposit and failure to abide by such requirement will relieve the innkeeper from any liability for such articles. In the event that an article is placed in the safe, the innkeeper shall give the guest a receipt for it and the innkeeper’s liability for loss of the entrusted article shall be $750.00 unless the guest possesses the receipt for the article claimed to have been lost. No innkeeper shall be responsible in an amount in excess of $1,000.00 for the loss or theft of any valuables, including cash and jewelry, which are contained in a package, box, bag or other container left with the innkeeper provided that the liability may be increased by written contract at no additional cost to the guest. The innkeeper must post a notice containing these terms in a conspicuous place in all rooms occupied by guests in order to take advantage of the limited liability. An innkeeper’s liability is limited to $1,000.00 for entrusted articles other than valuables unless the guest notifies the innkeeper that the value exceeds this amount. The innkeeper may adopt reasonable regulations for the innkeeper’s protection and the publication of such rules to the innkeeper’s guests shall bind them to these terms.

http://www.premisesclaims.com/Law_Gu...ted%20Articles
Check with your homeowner's insurance, you may be able to file a claim against your policy.