Violence in El Salvador
Kills 28
Twenty eight Salvadorans
were murdered last
weekend, as violence
escalated in the
country, official
sources confirmed.
However, the Ministry of
Security pointed out
that the homicide rate
has dropped so far this
year.
Security Minister Rene
Figueroa explained that
271 murders were
reported in January
2008, accounting for a
21-percent decrease,
compared to the same
period last year, when
341 people were
murdered.
Statistics from the
Legal Medicine Institute
show that from 2004,
when President Antonio
Saca took office, to
2006, the number of
murders increased from
2,933 to 3,928.
Some 3,550 murders were
committed last year, an
average of 9.8 deaths
per day.
The Pan-American Health
Organization said
murders in El Salvador
are an epidemic. |
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