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Montevideo, April 19th 2024 - 21:25 UTC

Tag: U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime

  • Wednesday, December 31st 2014 - 03:17 UTC

    Venezuela has world's second highest homicide rate: 24.980 killings in the year

    The Venezuelan government disputes figures produced by independent groups and for last year estimated a homicide rate of 39 per 100.000

    Venezuela has the second highest homicide rate in the world, according to a report released by the NGO Venezuelan Violence Observatory. The country's homicide rate for 2014 stood at 82 per 100,000, with a total of 24,980 killings recorded for the year. The figure marked an uptick from the group’s estimate for the year prior, which stood at 79 per 100,000.