Thanks to Medellin and Cali, Colombia boasts least homicides in decades
Partly due to spectacular drops in homicides in Medellin and Cali, Colombia’s National...
Tag: Homicide Rates
Cali breaks the death spell, homicides in southwestern city drop 30%
Cali saw a spectacular drop in homicides in the first half of 2014, the local ombudsman confirmed...
Colombia 6th most dangerous country in Latin America, behind Mexico and Venezuela
Colombia is the sixth most dangerous country in Latin America, according to a regional crime...
Bogota mayor proposes national gun ban for Colombia
Bogota Mayor Gustavo Petro on Thursday proposed to expand the Colombian capital’s gun ban to...
Colombian homicide rate among the worst in region
Colombia’s homicide rate is among one of the highest in Latin America, according to a report published on Friday by the Organization of American States. The “Report On Citizen Security in the Americas 2012”, which was presented...
Colombia more crime-ridden than Mexico: Report
Out of 19 Latin American countries Colombia had the 7th best “law and crime” indicators, according to a new report from the news analysis website Latinvex. Chile 48.8 Uruguay 41.9 Costa Rica 37.2 Brazil 32.6 Panama...
Colombia homicides drop 5% in 2011: Police
Colombia police said Monday that homicides dropped 5% in 2011 compared to the year before, reiterating that the country’s homicide rate is at its lowest since 1984. Monday’s final report followed a preliminary report...
Bogota homicide rate drops to 21.5
Bogota’s homicide rate between 2010 and 2011 has dropped from 23.4 to 21.5 per 100,000 inhabitants, the capital city’s outgoing interim mayor says. According to interim Mayor Clara Lopez, the murders can be...
Colombia’s murder rate lowest in 26 years: Police
The Colombian National Police announced Monday that the country’s 2011 homicide rate is the lowest in 26 years. In 2011 Colombia experienced 13,520 murders, which is the lowest since 1984 when that number equaled 10,745....
