Homicide

Pres. Bukele highlights low homicide rate in El Salvador

Published on: September 17, 2024
17:01

San Salvador, Sep 17 (Prensa Latina) President Nayib Bukele highlighted on Tuesday the low homicide rate in El Salvador, currently ranking as the safest nation in the Western Hemisphere.

Homicide rate in El Salvador is lower than a year ago

Published on: August 27, 2024
00:15

San Salvador, Aug 27 (Prensa Latina) El Salvador reported a homicide rate between 2 and 2.1 per 100,000 inhabitants, a reduction compared to 2023, Justice and Security Minister Gustavo Villatoro said.

Homicide rate in El Salvador shows year on year decrease

Published on: August 26, 2024
15:57

San Salvador, Aug 26 (Prensa Latina) El Salvador is currently reporting a homicide rate between two and 2.1 per 100,000 inhabitants, a reduction compared to the approximate 2.4 of 2023, Justice and Security Minister Gustavo Villatoro said on Monday.

Guatemala records 141 homicides less than in 2023 term

Published on: August 6, 2024
14:30

Guatemala City, Aug 6 (Prensa Latina) Despite the perception of violence in Guatemala, Deputy Security Minister Claudia Palencia highlighted Tuesday a decrease of 141 homicides so far compared to the same term in 2023.

Main suspect of quadruple homicide in Uruguay indicted and jailed

Published on: June 10, 2024
11:32

Montevideo, Jun 10 (Prensa Latina) The Minister of the Interior, Nicolás Martinelli, confirmed the indictment and imprisonment of one of the suspects for the multiple crime that occurred at the end of May in the Maracaná neighborhood of this capital.

Uruguayan police mount raids after multiple homicide

Published on: June 1, 2024
09:15

Montevideo, Jun 1 (Prensa Latina) Uruguayan Interior Ministry unfolded on Saturday that the police made five arrests for the quadruple homicide in the capital's Macarana town, where security forces have mounted several raids.

El Salvador is close to record homicide-free days

Published on: January 28, 2024
11:54

San Salvador, Jan 28 (Prensa Latina) The National Civil Police (PNC) informed on Sunday that El Salvador has so far reached 22 days without murders in January, due to the government policy and the support of the exception regime.

Costa Rica’s homicide rate decreases slightly

Published on: August 14, 2023
13:47

San Jose, Aug 14 (Prensa Latina) The number of homicides in this Central American nation has reached 545 in 2023, however, authorities assure that the murder rate is slowly decreasing due to the Costa Rica safe plus program, in force since April.

Costa Rica seeks to speed up bills to fight insecurity

Published on: March 14, 2023
14:49

San José, Mar 14 (Prensa Latina) Speeding up at least five bills is among actions to confront with insecurity in Costa Rica, closely associated with drug trafficking.

Violence marks sectorial elections in Ecuador (+Photo)

Published on: February 5, 2023
14:49

Quito, Feb 5 (Prensa Latina) Political violence marks the process of sectional elections and referendum taking place today in Ecuador, where last night a candidate of the Citizen Revolution movement (RC) was murdered.

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