San Pedro Sula, Honduras is the world’s most violent place
Posted at 07:49 AM ET, 01/13/2012
San Pedro Sula, Honduras is the world’s most violent place
By Nick Miroff
San Pedro Sula, Honduras, was the world's most violent place in 2011, surpassing the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez, according to a new statistical analysis by Mexico's Civic Council on Public Security and Criminal Justice, a non-profit group.
San Pedro Sula tallied 159 homicides per 100,000 residents last year, followed by Ciudad Juarez, with 148 killings per 100,000. Both cities are major operational and strategic distribution points along the billion-dollar drug pipeline that funnels narcotics to consumers in the United States.
Ciudad Juarez had topped the grim list the previous three years.
The study found that five of the world's 10 most murderous cities last year were in Mexico; 45 of 50 were in the Western Hemisphere.
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