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DISINFORMATION: Colombia homicide rate to drop below 0 in 2014: Santos

by Adriaan Alsema July 31, 2012

Homicides

Colombia’s homicide rate will drop below zero in 2014, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said after presenting extremely promising mid-term crime statistics.

The president discarded increasing pessimism among Colombians regarding security in the country’s cities and an apparent increase in rebel attacks on the countryside, claiming the numbers show a historic drop.

“I don’t know many Colombians. I am not familiar with their sentiments. Besides, sentiments are subjective. Numbers, however, are objective. And the numbers show we will have a homicide rate below zero before the 2014 elections,” said Santos.

“To be exact, we will have minus 14 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants, unprecedented in the world” the president added with a smile.

Santos then drew a graph, showing reporters that homicide rates indeed would drop below zero if extrapolating the decreasing crime statistics.

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