TrendsThe study said that homicide rates in Latin America and the Caribbean have, for decades, been high and in some areas increased during the COVID-19 pandemic.
It said the Americas has had the highest regional murder rate in the world and the high rates of homicidal violence related to organized crime.
“Latin America and the Caribbean not only consistently has the highest homicide rate of any sub-region, but also had the highest proportion of homicides involving organized crime worldwide in 2021,” it said.
“Moreover, countries in Latin America and the Caribbean reported the highest proportion of homicides involving both male victims and firearms. In 2021, eight of the 10 countries with the highest homicide rates worldwide were located in Latin America and the Caribbean.”
The Caribbean experienced the most dramatic increase in homicidal violence in recent years, the report said, “largely because of intense competition between gangs over drug markets”.
“In 2022, the number of homicides in the Turks and Caicos Islands, a transit point between the Bahamas, Colombia and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), climbed to 28 in October 2022, compared with 13 during the whole of 2021,” the study said.
“In Jamaica, the homicide rate reached 53.3 per 100,000 in 2022, with about 70 percent of homicides being connected to organized criminal groups or gangs in 2021.
“Saint Lucia recorded a homicide rate of 36.7 per 100,000 in 2022, a slight decrease from the previous year, while Saint Vincent and Grenadines reported a homicide rate of 40.4 per 100,000. Meanwhile, the homicide rate in Trinidad and Tobago rose to 39.5 per 100,000 in 2022, an increase of more than 30 per cent from the previous year, largely due to the splintering of large gangs into smaller violent factions.
“The homicide rate reached 31.2 per 100,000 in the Bahamas in 2022, and in Haiti, it surged to 18 per 100,000 in 2022, an increase of more than 35 per cent from 2021, due in large part to deepening tensions associated with gang-violence.”
Meanwhile, the homicide rate in Central America stabilized or decreased, the study said.
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