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Over 100 Massacres in Honduras, Gangs and Gun Availability Blamed
8 January 2013
InSight Crime (Bogota)
In a clear sign of Honduras' worsening security crisis, statistics show that more than 100 massacres took place inside the country in 2012, with half of the deaths attributed to organized crime.
The Honduran Observatory on Violence, a program at Honduras' largest public university, used fieldwork and media monitoring to count 432 people dead in 115 massacres between January 1 and December 14 last year, reported newspaper El Heraldo.
Firearms were used in 85 percent... (GunPolicy.org)