The country compares favorably with Guatemala and Honduras, which have reported more than two thousand murders so far this year, and Costa Rica, which has recorded 700 deaths due to violence in ten months, according to a report on Sunday Diario El Salvador. .
Statistics from the National Civil Police (PNC) show that 131 homicides were reported nationwide between January 1 and November 1, 2023. This figure, for example, is well below the 2,173 murders registered by the authorities of the PNC of Guatemala until the month of September, always according to official data.
The more than 700 murders in Costa Rica make 2023 the most violent year for Costa Ricans in their entire history, according to the media.
It’s a worrying number. We are worried and busy. “We have done strenuous and detailed work to strategize and find connections between criminal gangs, but unfortunately Costa Rica finds itself in one of its most complicated situations,” said Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ) Deputy Director Michael Sotos.
El Salvador is also looking from afar to Guatemala, Honduras and that last Central American country for the murder rate per 100,000 people each country has reported so far this year.
While Honduras has a rate of 29.7 murders per 100,000 inhabitants, Costa Rica 18 and Guatemala 17.3, El Salvador plans to end the year with a rate of 2.4 murders per 100,000 inhabitants, according to Security Minister Gustavo Villatoro.
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