Argentina, with the second lowest rate of homicides in South America | Chronic

Argentina, with 5.1 murders per 100,000 population, is the second country in South America where the homicide rate is the lowest, according to a global study published in Vienna by the US. 39, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). on the public database for the year 2017. The homicide is a crime that has no black figure because it is very difficult for him not to get justice.

With Chile (3.5), our country is below the global average of 6.1 murders per 100,000 population. Near but above this limit are Peru, Uruguay or Nicaragua. At the continental level and welcoming only 13% of the world's population, America has recorded 37% of cases worldwide.

In Brazil, the homicide rate has risen to 30 in 2017 and an estimated 1.2 million people have been victims of intentional homicides between 1991 and 2017. In fact, the rise in deaths in this country and Mexico, both densely populated, largely account for the global rise in homicide rates over the last two years, after decades of declining numbers.

The report highlights the reduction in the number of homicides in Colombia during this period, from 80 to 25 per 100,000 population, which is partly attributed to the "Intensification of state action against drug trafficking" in this country. According to the study, this is where the problems of inequality, weakness of the judicial system and the strength of organized crime converge, which favors the growth of statistics.

In Brazil, the homicide rate has risen to 30 in 2017 and an estimated 1.2 million people have been victims of intentional homicide between 1991 and 2017.

The only four countries in the world with a homicide rate of more than 40 people per 100,000 population are: El Salvador (62.1), Venezuela (57), Jamaica (57) and Honduras (41, 7).

In its report, UNODC highlighted the case of Venezuela, where the "most dramatic increase" in the homicide rate was recorded, rising from 13 to 57 per 100,000 population between 2012 and 2003. 2017. In its report, UNODC warns that "Weak justice leads to impunity and creates an environment in which criminals can act more easily."

In 2016, only 43% of all homicides committed in America had been resolved by the police, the lowest rate in the world and almost half of Europe. The study devotes an entire chapter to badist crimes and points out that although women make up only 20% of all homicide victims, they constitute the overwhelming majority of couple crimes.

Thus, nearly 60% of the 87,000 women who were killed in 2017 worldwide were victims of a badist crime committed by their partner, former partner or other family member, which makes the home a insisted the UN, most dangerous place "for them.The largest number of women and girls killed by couples or other family members is in Asia.