Decrease of Crime Predicted
in Guatemala
Guatemala - Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom said his government
scheduled a reduction of the crime and violence rate starting from
the second half of the present year, when the plans of the National
Security Council start giving their results.
“I would say, that perhaps that crime rate curve starts to decrease
after the month of June,” said Colom, during a meeting with mayors
and other authorities from the Guatemalan eastern department of
Chiquimula.
Colom informed on some plans adopted by his government to face crime
and violence, among them the strengthening of the civil intelligence
and the deploy of the army in key points, as for instance, the
transversal strip in the north of Guatemala and the bordering zones.
He recognized the government is still waiting for some violent
responses by drug distributors and traffickers.
“Every action leads to a reaction,” said the Guatemalan President.
He also stated the violent responses might come because of the
eradication of 1,976 acres of poppy in the department of San Marcos
or the arrest of criminals who are dedicated to attack workers and
owners of the urban transport.
According to a report by the Human Rights Prosecutor Office, 2008
was the most violent year in the last times in Guatemala, with a
total of 6,292 murders. |
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