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With only 8% of the world's population Latin America has a third of the world's murders. Cities such as Acapulco once a tourist resort in Mexico are now seeing 953 violent deaths out of a population of 800,000. Daily tally for Brazil, Mexico, Central America and other countries in Latin America is 400 murder deaths and yearly 145,000 dead. One in four happens in Brazil, Mexico, Columbia and Venezuela. Mexico 31,174, Brazil 63,808. In China according to the UN it was 8,634. For European Union 5,351.
With only 8% of the world's population Latin America has a third of the world's murders. Cities such as Acapulco once a tourist resort in Mexico are now seeing 953 violent deaths out of a population of 800,000. Daily tally for Brazil, Mexico, Central America and other countries in Latin America is 400 murder deaths and yearly 145,000 dead. One in four happens in Brazil, Mexico, Columbia and Venezuela. Mexico 31,174, Brazil 63,808. In China according to the UN it was 8,634. For European Union 5,351.
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