With 2011 closed out, the murder statistics from each country are rolling in. They come from both official government figures and NGO’s, often in dispute. Here are some of the figures. The per 100,000 rate can also vary based on what number you use for the population of the country.:
After some controversy, Mexico released the numbers for the first nine months of 2011 showing 12,903 murders related to the “drug war”, an 11% increase from the previous year. Depending on how the final numbers look, the homicide rate remains below 20 per 100,000 nationwide, though the state by state numbers have a huge variance.
Guatemala reports there were 5,618 homicides. The number works out to be about 36 per 100,000 showing the trend line going in the right direction. VER MÁS…
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