Tag: murder

• Wednesday, March 13th 2019 - 09:33 UTC

  Activist murder arrested suspects have “coincidental” links with President Bolsonaro

  

  Apparent links between Brazilian leader Jair Bolsonaro and two suspects arrested over the murder of rights activist Marielle Franco are believed to be a coincidence, police said on Tuesday, as the President faced scrutiny over the connections.

• Friday, August 10th 2018 - 06:36 UTC

  Another record year of murders in Brazil: 63.880 in 2017

  

  Brazil had a record number of murders last year, with homicides rising 3.7% from 2016 to 63,880 according to a study released on Thursday, just months before a presidential election in which violence has become a key issue.

• Thursday, December 29th 2011 - 23:29 UTC

  Venezuela has highest murder rate of South America, worse than Colombia

  

  President Hugo Chavez Venezuela is on track to set a new record for murders and to remain South America's most violent country, according to data released by a crime watchdog. The Venezuela Violence Monitor (OVV) said this week that 19 336 people had been murdered in 2011, an average of 53 per day in a country of 29 million.

• Tuesday, August 24th 2010 - 05:15 UTC

  Venezuela with one of the world’s highest murder rates, according to official data

  

  Venezuela registered 19,133 murders in 2009, which places the rate of homicides in the country at 75 for every 100,000 inhabitants, according to a study by the National Statistics Institute, or INE, cited Friday by the press.