homicides

Nigeria reports more than 2,500 deaths due to violence

Published on: April 22, 2024
12:38

Abuja, Apr 22 (Prensa Latina) A total of 2,583 Nigerians were killed and 2,164 were kidnapped in the first quarter of this year as a consequence of the violence unleashed in this African country, a consulting firm announced on Monday.

Homicides drop in Uruguay in first quarter of 2024

Published on: April 2, 2024
10:18

Montevideo, Apr 2 (Prensa Latina) The number of homicides dropped in the first semester of the current year by 17.3 percent, according to preliminary data from the Ministry of the Interior (MI) released today.

Costa Rica reports nearly 140 homicides in 2024

Published on: February 28, 2024
00:45

San Jose, Feb 28 (Prensa Latina) Costa Rica's Judicial Investigation Department (OIJ) has registered 138 homicides this year, most of them in the Caribbean province of Limón.

El Salvador to reduce homicide rate in 2024

Published on: January 31, 2024
00:30

San Salvador, Jan 31 (Prensa Latina) Salvadorian President Nayib Bukele said that his country already has the lowest homicide rate in the western hemisphere.

El Salvador reports 20 homicide-free days in January

Published on: January 26, 2024
13:46

San Salvador, Jan 27 (Prensa Latina) El Salvador has reported 20 days without gang-related murders, according to the National Civil Police (PNC).

Bukele bets for El Salvador to be the safest country in the world

Published on: January 18, 2024
14:01

San Salvador, Jan 18 (Prensa Latina) A streak of 13 consecutive days without homicides led today the president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, to bet on becoming the safest country in the world.

Costa Rica to reach 900 homicide cases in 2023

Published on: December 18, 2023
17:54

San Jose, Dec 18 (Prensa Latina) The toll of homicides in Costa Rica surged in 881, after a weekend where 11 more violent deaths were reported.

Honduras reports decrease in homicides

Published on: November 18, 2023
01:00

Tegucigalpa, Nov 18 (Prensa Latina) Honduras has reported significant progress in the fight against violence, so the country shows a decrease in homicides this year, police sources reported.

October: the month with highest number of homicides in El Salvador

Published on: October 31, 2023
00:30

San Salvador, Oct 31 (Prensa Latina) El Salvador reported 13 days without homicides in October to become the month with the highest incidence of this scourge so far in 2023, according to a report from the National Civil Police (PNC).

Homicide rate depletes in El Salvador

Published on: August 29, 2023
16:32

San Salvador, Aug 29 (Prensa Latina) Salvadoran Minister of Defense Rene Francis Merino Monroy unfolded on Tuesday that the daily homicide rate with the state of exception in El Salvador 17 months ago was 0.55 per 100,000 people.

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