Guatemala Still Plagued
by Violence
The homicide rate in
Guatemala remained at 13
per day Monday, despite
police operations in the
so called red zones to
fight delinquency and
crime.
The 100 Day Security
Plan has made it
possible to make 1,314
arrests for diverse
crimes, but we cannot
hide the homicide rate
continues at 12 or 13,
senior director of
National Civil Police
Henry Lopez admitted.
According to Lopez,
police actions are
focused on 24 critical
areas of this capital,
as well as in the
departments of Escuintla,
Izabal, Quetzaltenango,
Zacapa and Peten with
the priority to
significantly reduce
crimes against life.
Nevertheless, since
President Alvaro Colom
took office January 14,
170 people in the
country have died from
violence, most of them
from firearms, leading
to speculation that the
security plan has had
more impact on media
than crime rates.
In the last four years
Guatemala has suffered a
seemingly unstoppable
wave of violence that
has claimed the lives of
11,483 people. |
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