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Crime is not spread around all the country. In 2015, Tegucigalpa, San Pedro Sula and La Ceiba suffered more than 40% of the homicides in the country. The main reason for the concentrated violence is that these are the cities where the majority of Mara Salvatrucha and Barrio 18 members live. Violence rises from fights between the gangs to see ...
On 24 November 2022, the government of Honduras declared a state of emergency regarding gang violence in the country. [6] On 3 December 2022, the government announced that some constitutional rights would be suspended in the cities of Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula to crack down on criminal gangs in those two cities, particularly Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) and 18th Street Gang.
By RYAN GORMAN San Pedro Sula lays claim to a dubious title -- the world's highest murder rate. The impoverished Honduran city's roughly one million residents were slaughtered by drug gangs at a ...
San Juan United States: 125 337,300 37.06 42 San Pedro Sula Honduras: 278 771,627 36.03 43 Buenaventura Colombia: 157 315,743 35.16 44 Ensenada Mexico: 157 449,425 34.93 45 Distrito Central Honduras: 389 1,185,662 32.81 46 Philadelphia United States: 516 1,576,251 32.74 47 Cartagena Colombia: 403 1,287,829 31.29 48 Palmira Colombia: 110 358,806 ...
The murder of Vicky Hernández was a hate crime that took place in Honduras.Hernández was a transgender woman who gained fame domestically as an LGBT activist.. In 2022, Honduran president Xiomara Castro apologized for the act, [1] it being the first time in Honduras' history that the government apologizes for a violent act against a member of the LGBT community.
Crime is particularly high in Honduras' second city and industrial heartland, San Pedro Sula Crime is a major problem in Honduras , which has the highest murder rate of any nation. According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime , Honduras has the highest rate of intentional homicide in the world, with 6,239 intentional homicides, or ...
San Pedro Sula (Spanish pronunciation: [sam ˈpeðɾo ˈsula]) is the capital of Cortés Department, Honduras. It is located in the northwest corner of the country in the Sula Valley , about 50 kilometers (31 miles) south of Puerto Cortés on the Caribbean Sea .
In 2008, Honduras held the second highest rate of homicides per 100,000 inhabitants with 78.6 percent of these committed by firearm. [14] As of 2012, Honduras holds the highest homicide rate in the world and San Pedro Sula holds the country's highest homicide rate with 137.5 murders per 100,000 inhabitants. Between 2005 and mid 2010, 79.38 ...