The 50 Most Violent Cities In The World

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The 50 Most Violent Cities In The World
 

Amanda Macias and Pamela Engel
 
Jan. 23, 2015, 9:06 AM
 
A Venezuelan opposition protester next to a barricade uses a slingshot against the national guard in Caracas, February 27, 2004.

There is a brand new ranking of the world's most violent cities from Mexico's Citizens' Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice.

A full one-third of global homicides occur in Latin America even though the region has just 8% of the world's population, according to United Nations data.

Drug trafficking, gang wars, political instability, corruption, and poverty combine to cause the region's elevated violence.

The council's ranking includes cities with a population of more than 300,000 and doesn't count deaths in combat zones or cities with unavailable data, so some dangerous cities might not be represented on the list.


Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/the-50-most-violent-cities-in-the-world-2015-1?op=1#ixzz3ZJUnygEL

[Fishrrman]

[[ A full one-third of global homicides occur in Latin America even though the region has just 8% of the world's population, according to United Nations data.
Drug trafficking, gang wars, political instability, corruption, and poverty combine to cause the region's elevated violence. ]]

What this really portends is a tsunami-like flood of humanity towards this country's southern border (or more correctly, the imaginary line that USED TO BE a real "border").

How many tens -- or hundreds -- of millions more will trudge northward?

Remember -- "they're ALL Americans" (didn't somebody high up in government say that?)