In 2013, San Pedro Sula in Honduras was the world’s murder capital, with a murder rate of187 murdersper 100,000 inhabitants,driven by a surge in gang and drug trafficking violence. Nationwide, the year before, Honduras’s murder rate was 90 murdersper 100,000 people ― the highest in the world. What’s behind this ongoing surge in gang and drug trafficking violence? The answer is multi-faceted but a key element has been overlooked again and again: Local elites and foreign corporations gaine...
Land Grabs Are Partly To Blame For Skyrocketing Violence In Central America
The Huffington Post - 16 Jan 2017 16:43
In 2013, San Pedro Sula in Honduras was the world’s murder capital, with a murder rate of187 murdersper 100,000 inhabitants,driven by a surge in gang and drug trafficking violence. Nationwide, the year before, Honduras’s murder rate was 90 murdersper 100,000 people ― the highest in the world. What’s behind this ongoing surge in gang and drug trafficking violence? The answer is multi-faceted but a key element has been overlooked again and again: Local elites and foreign corporations gaine...
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