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In the 1990s Guatemala had four cities feature in Latin America's top ten cities by murder rate: Escuintla (165 per 100,000), Izabal (127), Santa Rosa Cuilapa (111) and Guatemala City (101). [2] According to New Yorker magazine, in 2009, "fewer civilians were reported killed in the war zone of Iraq than were shot, stabbed, or beaten to death in ...
Crime and violence affect the lives of millions of people in Latin America.Some consider social inequality to be a major contributing factor to levels of violence in Latin America, [1] where the state fails to prevent crime and organized crime takes over State control in areas where the State is unable to assist the society such as in impoverished communities.
The illegal drug trade in Guatemala includes trans-shipment of cocaine to the United States. According to some reports, Mexican drug cartels such as Sinaloa have also established poppy growing operations there. There is a reported relationship between the Mexican Los Zetas cartel and the Guatemalan Kaibiles military force.
Noticias Guatemala [4] Diario de Centro América, the nation's newspaper of public record [5] La Hora [6] El Metropolitano, based in Mixco; published twice each month [7] Nuestro Diario, the most widely circulated newspaper in Central America [8] El Periódico [9] Publinews, the first free daily in Guatemala [10]
Ciudad de Guatemala: 220 995 363 4 524.37 5 Fraijanes: 96 ... Puerto Barrios: 1 292 110 846 85.79 Izabal 9 038 ... Statistics; Cookie statement; Mobile view; Search.
Crime in Guatemala by type (3 C, 3 P) Crimes in Guatemala by year (5 C)-Crime in Guatemala City (1 P) G. Gangs in Guatemala (3 P) M. ... Statistics; Cookie statement;
Guatemala: Alero Presencia Revista de Guatemala: Disappeared [23] 28 July 1975: Carlos Humberto Oliveros: Guatemala City, Guatemala Department: Nuevo Diario del Aire: Disappeared [24] 15 December 1976: Manuel de Jesús Mendizábal: Guatemala: N/A: Disappeared [24] 19 May 1979: Carlos Gilberto Aquino Cruz: Jalapa, Jalapa: Oriental: Killed [24 ...
Puerto Barrios is the departmental seat of Izabal department and is the administrative seat of Puerto Barrios municipality. It is Guatemala's main Caribbean Sea port, together with its more modern twin port town just to the southwest, Santo Tomás de Castilla. As of the 2018 census, the population of Puerto Barrios was 100,593. Puerto Barrios ...