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 Police said that 2014 was the country’s least violent year in three decades.
Partly due to spectacular drops in homicides in Medellin and Cali, Colombia’s National Police said that 2014 was the country’s least violent year in three decades.
Cali saw a spectacular drop in homicides in the first half of 2014, the local ombudsman confirmed Tuesday. The drop is the first in six years.
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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…
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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…