Crimes Increase in El Salvador
Almost at the end of 2005, the number of homicides registered in El Salvador reached 3445, spread the Attorney General Tuesday.

The entity in charged of the investigation of crime stated in its annual report that the murders´ figure corresponds to January and November, 2005.

"In 2004 were reported 3897 crimes showing that crimes could have been slightly reduced in the last 12 months" emphasized the office.

It assured that the 76 percent of murders were committed with fire arms and the 90 percent of the victims are males.

Therefore, The United Nations Development Program considered El Salvador one of the most dangerous countries of Latin America for its high rates of homicides with a average of 10 daily, robberies and rapes.

From January up to nowadays the PNC counted about 3515 homicides a record figure for one year when a few days left to end 2005.

One of the most damaged sectors was public transportation with 107 workers dead and a similar quantity injured.

Most of the crimes are attributed by the authorities to the youth gangs or maras as they are also called here.

Nevertheless, they are also related to the organized crime, home violence and other crimes not necessarily related to gangs.

Pedro Gonzalez, Sub director of the National Civil Police added that the PNC will do its best to reduce that average of homicides at the end of December but he recognized that the number of violent death frequently increase in New Year´s Eve.