Thanks to Medellin and Cali, Colombia boasts least homicides in decades

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http://colombiareports.co/thanks-medellin-cali-colombia-boasts-lowest-homicide-rates-decades/



Partly due to spectacular drops in homicides in Medellin and Cali, Colombia’s National Police said that 2014 was the country’s least violent year in three decades.
General Rodolfo Palomino, the highest police official in the country, told press on Sunday that 12,800 people were murdered in Colombia in 2014, 1,500 less than in 2013.

While this number still has to be confirmed by the Medical Examiner’s office, last year’s homicide rate would be 26.8, the lowest since the late 1970s when drug trafficking took force and fueled political violence in Colombia.

The homicide rate has steadily been dropping since 2009, according to the Medical Examiner’s Office.

[Bacchus4.0]

1. Venezuela Ranks World's Second In Homicides: Report

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/venezuela-ranks-worlds-second-homicides-report-n276371



Venezuela is second only to Honduras in the number of killings that took place in 2014, according to a non-governmental group that tracks crime.

Based on press reports, victim surveys and officials' comments, the Venezuelan Violence Observatory estimated about 24,980 people were killed this past year, pushing the homicide rate up to 82 per every 100,000 inhabitants. Last year, the observatory counted 79 killings per 100,000 people. In 1998, the rate was 19 per 100,00.

The organization's statement said thousands of families were "weeping for their assassinated loved ones without finding protection, indemnity or justice." The group cited the violent deaths of former beauty queen Monica Spear and well-known government legislator Robert Serra this past year as examples.

The Venezuelan government generally takes issue with OVV's findings, saying the crime situation is improving.

[Marksman_91]

2. And they don't even have a civil war going on with a bunch of narcorebels. Go figure...

[joshcryer]

3. The official statistics are probably higher.

Could well beat out Honduras.