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El Salvador, Most Violent Latin
America Nation
El Salvador is today classified
as the most violent country of
Latin America, with almost 3,000
homicides so far this year,
according to a report from the
Institute of Legal Medicine.
The institute reports, there are
10.9 murders daily in that
Center American nation, the
majority of them with firearms.
More than 2,600 crimes were
reported through August, mostly
street crimes against males 15
through 34 years old.
Common criminals are responsible
for 19.4 percent of the cases;
and youth gangs for 12.7
percent.
Given the seriousness of the
situation, representatives of
Episcopalian, Lutheran,
Calvinist, Muslim and Catholic
churches got together to pray
for peace and for the cessation
of violence.
Santiago´s Reformed Church Rev.
Flores Amaya suggested that they
not only pray, but go out to
stop the death of more children
and families. “Campaigns for the
culture of violence cannot
continue to spread,” he
said.tion and the US Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
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