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The 50 Most Violent Cities In The World
Business Insider ^ | 11/28/2013 | PAMELA ENGEL, CHRISTINA STERBENZ AND GUS LUBIN

Posted on 11/28/2013 12:10:25 PM PST by SeekAndFind

Drug trafficking, gang wars, political instability, corruption, and poverty have combined to make Latin America by far the most homicidal region of the world. The region has 40% of the world's murders, despite having only 8 percent of the population, according to the U.N.

The highest murder rate of all is in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, with 169 homicides per 100,000 people, according to a study published earlier this year by Mexico's Citizens' Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice. The ranking is based on 2012 data, except for San Pedro Sula and Distrito Central in Honduras, where authorities would not cooperate and 2011 data was used.

The study does not count deaths in a war zone or cities where data was not available.

Forty-one of the top 50 dangerous cities are located in Latin America. U.S. cities also made the list, lead by New Orleans at 17th, along with Detroit, St. Louis, Baltimore, and Oakland.

50) Barranquilla, Colombia had 29.41 homicides per 100,000 residents.

49) Brasilia, Brazil had 29.73 homicides per 100,000 residents.

48) Belo Horizonte, Brazil had 29.74 homicides per 100,000 residents.

47) Monterrey, Mexico had 30.85 homicides per 100,000 residents.

46) Durban, South Africa had 30.94 homicides per 100,000 residents.

45) Macapá, Brazil had 32.06 homicides per 100,000 residents.

44) San Salvador, El Salvador had 32.48 homicides per 100,000 residents.

43) Oakland, United States had 33.10 homicides per 100,000 residents.

42) Curitiba, Brazil had 34.08 homicides per 100,000 residents.

41) Baltimore, United States had 35.03 homicides per 100,000 residents.

40) St. Louis, United States had 35.39 homicides per 100,000 residents.

39) Maracaibo, Venezuela had 35.44 homicides per 100,000 residents.

38) Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa had 36.02 homicides per 100,000 residents.

37) Pereira, Colombia had 36.13 homicides per 100,000 residents.

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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: addiction; baltimore; crime; crimerate; detroit; drugs; latinamerica; latinos; neworleans; oakland; potheads; stlouis; top10; un; violence; violentcities; wod; worstcities; wosd
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1 posted on 11/28/2013 12:10:25 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Wow.

The United States has 6 of the 50, right here.

(counting one in Puerto Rico)


2 posted on 11/28/2013 12:15:54 PM PST by Cringing Negativism Network
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To: SeekAndFind

planned parenthood recorded 333,964 homicides in 2012.


3 posted on 11/28/2013 12:16:09 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: SeekAndFind

Hmmmm I detect a common thread in most of these cities.


4 posted on 11/28/2013 12:17:47 PM PST by dfwgator (Fire Muschamp.)
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To: SeekAndFind

“The study does not count deaths in a war zone”

Really? Oakland and NOLA are war zones at night.


5 posted on 11/28/2013 12:18:42 PM PST by max americana (fired liberals in our company last election, and I laughed while they cried (true story))
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To: SeekAndFind

Every American city on that list is controlled by Democrats.

Shameful to have any American cities on the list.


6 posted on 11/28/2013 12:18:57 PM PST by Fzob (Jesus + anything = nothing, Jesus + nothing = everything)
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To: dfwgator

Cities of baptized Christians?


7 posted on 11/28/2013 12:21:45 PM PST by ansel12 ( Ben Bradlee-JFK told me that "he was all for people's solving their problems by abortion".)
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To: Fzob
Every American city on that list is controlled by Democrats.

How many cities (say, 1 million+ population) aren't?

8 posted on 11/28/2013 12:22:40 PM PST by Kip Russell (Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors -- and miss. ---Robert A. Heinlein)
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To: SeekAndFind
Very disappointed that I did not see Lancaster, PA. I thought those Amish were making strides. In all seriousness, it is 100 percent embarrassing that two states with Republican Governors have made the list. That is disgusting. What the heck do we have Republican Governors for if they can't control their state. Might as well have Democrats. The two states are Louisiana and Missouri. Horrid! You all will be as shocked as I was.
9 posted on 11/28/2013 12:22:55 PM PST by napscoordinator ( Santorum-Bachmann 2016 for the future of the country!)
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To: SeekAndFind

What are the concealed carry laws in those cities?


10 posted on 11/28/2013 12:23:14 PM PST by gspurlock (http://www.backyardfence.wordpress.com)
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To: Fzob

Yeah but unfortunately Republican governors who are not doing their job at all obviously.


11 posted on 11/28/2013 12:23:57 PM PST by napscoordinator ( Santorum-Bachmann 2016 for the future of the country!)
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To: SeekAndFind; a fool in paradise

C’mon Detroit you can do better than #21. Go Detroit!


12 posted on 11/28/2013 12:25:15 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

How many of those six in the US have “tough” gun control laws? Yeah, how’s that working out.... I would say liberals are stupid and slow learners, ask how many more have to die... But really, isn’t it obvious people. So called gun control isn’t really about public safety. No one is that slow. Gun control is all about power, control, and tyranny. If they were really concerned about safety they would be advocating for more private firearms ownership and training.


13 posted on 11/28/2013 12:26:58 PM PST by ThunderSleeps (Stop obarma now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
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To: SeekAndFind

New Orleans, Detroit, Baltimore, St. Louis, Oakland. While others like D.C. and Miami are no longer in the top 50 they are hovering just out of reach. These cities have been bad for 30 years at least.


14 posted on 11/28/2013 12:29:15 PM PST by poinq
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To: dfwgator

Chocolate?


15 posted on 11/28/2013 12:30:10 PM PST by bigbob (The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
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To: Cringing Negativism Network
"The United States has 6 of the 50, right here."

And Chicago wasn't even one of them. But how can they not include Iraq, with the almost daily bombings? You can't say they aren't murders just because they are politically motivated. And what about Syria and Egypt? If the government kills people, it doesn't count?
16 posted on 11/28/2013 12:31:13 PM PST by Steve_Seattle
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To: SeekAndFind

Very interesting, informative. Thanks for posting.


17 posted on 11/28/2013 12:32:08 PM PST by PGalt
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To: SeekAndFind

New Orleans is #17 — right up there with Mexico and S American countries...


18 posted on 11/28/2013 12:35:57 PM PST by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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To: SeekAndFind

If only they had sensible gun control laws... /sarc


19 posted on 11/28/2013 12:38:00 PM PST by wastedyears (The Ender's Game movie was a stupendous, colossal, galactic failure to me.)
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To: SeekAndFind
The report is not worth the paper it is written on if it does no mention Chicago.
20 posted on 11/28/2013 12:38:39 PM PST by South40 (Liberalism is a Disease)
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