The production and the trade of cocainegangs and armed groups, the weakness of the State, as well as arms trafficking, contributed to the increase in violence.
The Turks and Caicos Islands, a British archipelago of 40 islands in the Atlantic Ocean southeast of the Bahamas, became the most violent nation per capita on the continent Despite its sparse population, barely 45,000 inhabitants.
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also grew the homicide rate in Jamaica due to arms trafficking and in Haitiwhere gangs dominate their capital, Prince Portwhose surroundings increased summary executions, kidnappings and sexual violence.
Ecuador had the fastest growing homicide rate in the region as a result of the record cocaine intake. The influence of Mexican and Colombian organized crime also fuels this violence.
Venezuela leads the ranking of the highest number of homicides per number of inhabitants in South America.
Police violence is particularly strong and was responsible for the 13% of violent deaths in the country in 2022.
The same thing happens in Colombia, whose president, Gustavo Petrois committed to total peace and to resume dialogue with the dissidents of the extinct Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
In 2022, 215 social leaders were assassinated.
The most violent country in Central America was Honduras, where gangs engage in micro-trafficking and extortion.
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