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Growing femicides in eight Guatemalan departments

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Guatemala City, Aug 18 (Prensa Latina) Guatemala’s toll of femicides from January to July of 2023 reflects on Friday a rise in eight departments compared to the same period of 2022, revealed an official entity.

The growth was shown in Escuintla (10 more cases), Zacapa (nine), Izabal (five), Solola (four), Huehuetenango and Alta Verapaz (three), Baja Verapaz (two) and Jalapa (one), detailed the National Economy Research Center (CIEN).

CIEN’s researcher Walter Menchu pointed out that July’s figure is the highest of 2023 with 273 murders, although the inter-annual rate remained at 16.3 per 100,000 inhabitants.

Menchu described that of all the killings registered that month, 12% corresponded to women (32) and four victims were minors (10).

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