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Caracas was the most dangerous capital city in the world last year, study says
Tribune News Service By Jim Wyss, Miami Herald 3 hrs ago

BOGOTA, Colombia - Caracas, Venezuela, was the most dangerous capital city in the world in 2017, according to a new study that underscores how Latin America remains one of the bloodiest swaths of the planet.

According to Mexico's Citizens Council for Public Safety and Criminal Justice, 43 of the world's 50 most violent cities were in Latin America and the Caribbean, with Brazil, Mexico and Venezuela leading the list.

Read more at: https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/caracas-was-the-most-dangerous-capital-city-in-the-world-last-year-study-says/ar-BBK2ros

Mexico's Los Cabos, Baja California del Sur, the bottom tip of the peninsula was actually barely the top city for murder (not a capital like Caracas). It must be drugs but why way down there?



Big luxurious tourist area as well, Forbes magazine reports today!
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Exclusive Look Inside The New Montage Resort And Maravilla Residences In Los Cabos
Forbes · 13h
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jimdobson/2018/03/08/exclusive-look-inside-the-new-montage-resort-and-maravilla-residences-in-los-cabos/

That area use to be largely untouched by the major violence on the mainland.

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Los Cabos, Mexican tourism paradise morphs into world's most dangerous city
efe-epaLos Cabos, Mexico 8 Mar 2018
https://www.efe.com/efe/english/life/los-cabos-mexican-tourism-paradise-morphs-into-world-s-most-dangerous-city/50000263-3546192