Colombia Reports

Colombia's national forensics institute on Thursday claimed homicide statistics for the city of Medellin quoted by President Alvaro Uribe are false.

Uribe claimed that there had only been 110 homicides this month in the Antioquian capital, compared to 82 homicides in January last year, while the Legal Medicine Institute reported 188 homicides for this month, compared to 78 cases in January 2009.

News website Terra reported that there has been an overwhelming increase in homicide cases, forcing hospitals to extend their hours and hire extra physicians in order to care for the victims of violent crimes.

Last year, more than twice as many people were murdered in Medellin compared to the year before.

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Comments (4)

tomtom33 said:

	... Hmmm. Contrast this with the words of our imminent Defense Minister: http://colombiareports.com/col...ster.html.
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January 28, 2010
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azunoman said:

	... I strongly disagree with the journalists title. Lies?.....they said, he said....no reporting done here...no research as to where Uribe got his information...this article reminds me of what an internet troll would post....
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January 29, 2010
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tomtom33 said:

	... Whoops. That should have been eminent.
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January 29, 2010
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crispancho said:

	... What about FARC body count? Ask the Defense minister about the numbers they skewed? Numbers never lie according to Uribe administration. I wish he would be original and stop copying G W Bush!.
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January 31, 2010
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