{"id":147191,"date":"2021-06-01T13:48:37","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T18:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insightcrime.org\/?p=147191"},"modified":"2021-06-01T14:00:58","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T19:00:58","slug":"barbados-encrucijada-alza-tasa-homicidios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insightcrime.org\/es\/noticias\/barbados-encrucijada-alza-tasa-homicidios\/","title":{"rendered":"Barbados en encrucijada por alza en tasa de homicidios"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Con tasas de homicidio m\u00e1s altas que nunca en 2019 y 2020, Barbados se enfrenta a un dilema: \u00bfpodr\u00e1 reducir la violencia o se pondr\u00e1 a la par de sus vecinos en el Caribe?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El 22 de mayo, el agente de polic\u00eda Newton Lewis respondi\u00f3 a un robo en curso cerca de su casa en la parroquia de Saint Peter, al norte de Barbados. Lo acribillaron al llegar a la escena y se llevaron su arma de servicio,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/barbadostoday.bb\/2021\/05\/23\/off-duty-police-officer-shot-to-death-in-st-peter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">seg\u00fan<\/a>&nbsp;Barbados Today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lewis, que hab\u00eda sido el conductor del comisionado de polic\u00eda de Barbados, fue el primer agente muerto <a href=\"https:\/\/barbadostoday.bb\/2021\/05\/23\/off-duty-police-officer-shot-to-death-in-st-peter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">en casi 20<\/a>&nbsp;a\u00f1os en el pa\u00eds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong><span style=\"color:#b40026\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>VEA TAMBI\u00c9N<\/strong>:<\/span><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/insightcrime.org\/es\/tag\/caribe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cobertura sobre El Caribe<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Y su muerte ocurri\u00f3 en un momento en que el pa\u00eds enfrenta una escalada de la tasa de homicidios y un aumento de armas ilegales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Los n\u00fameros pueden parecer insignificantes en <a href=\"https:\/\/es.insightcrime.org\/noticias\/analisis\/balance-insight-crime-homicidios-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">comparaci\u00f3n<\/a>&nbsp;con algunos de sus vecinos caribe\u00f1os. En 2019, la isla tuvo un <a href=\"https:\/\/barbadostoday.bb\/2021\/01\/01\/government-concerned-about-murders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">r\u00e9cord<\/a>&nbsp;de 49 homicidios, que cayeron a 42 en 2020. Pero aun as\u00ed los homicidios se han <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/1040987\/number-of-homicides-in-barbados\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">m\u00e1s que duplicado<\/a>&nbsp;desde 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El gobierno ha se\u00f1alado que la afluencia de armas ilegales ayuda a facilitar este incremento de la violencia. Aunque tiene una poblaci\u00f3n mucho menor, el pa\u00eds tiene la mayor\u00eda de delitos relacionados con armas entre las naciones caribe\u00f1as angl\u00f3fonas, despu\u00e9s de Jamaica y Trinidad y Tobago, seg\u00fan un <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfatf-gafic.org\/cfatf-documents\/typologies\/7585-the-proliferation-of-small-arms-and-ammunition-october-2016\/file\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">informe<\/a>&nbsp;de la Fuerza de Tarea de Acci\u00f3n Financiera en el Caribe (Caribbean Financial Action Task Force, CFATF).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-an-lisis-de-insight-crime\"><strong><strong>An\u00e1lisis de InSight Crime<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hasta el momento Barbados ha evitado los principales factores de riesgo que han llevado a la explosi\u00f3n de homicidios en otras naciones caribe\u00f1as. Pero estas ventajas vienen con ciertas salvedades importantes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En primer lugar, tiene poca presencia de crimen organizado internacional. Sus pandillas est\u00e1n muy localizadas y se dedican b\u00e1sicamente al microtr\u00e1fico, pues la isla no hace parte de ninguna ruta de narcotr\u00e1fico <a href=\"https:\/\/issat.dcaf.ch\/Learn\/Resource-Library2\/Country-Profiles\/Barbados-Country-Profile\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">importante<\/a>&nbsp;hacia el extranjero, lo que es una <a href=\"https:\/\/es.insightcrime.org\/noticias\/analisis\/ruta-drogas-jamaica-reino-unido\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">causa significativa de violencia<\/a>&nbsp;en Jamaica o Rep\u00fablica Dominicana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pero estas pandillas est\u00e1n lejos de ser inofensivas. Son las responsables de <a href=\"https:\/\/barbadostoday.bb\/2020\/10\/24\/prosecutor-blasts-gang-activity-and-suggests-stiff-penalty-for-gang-killing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">muchos<\/a>&nbsp;de los homicidios del pa\u00eds y se dice que sus integrantes se alquilan las armas entre ellos mismos por 10.000 d\u00f3lares barbadenses (US$5.000),&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationnews.com\/2019\/02\/27\/study-6-gangs-guns-for-rent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">seg\u00fan<\/a>&nbsp;Cheryl Willoughby, directora de la Fuerza de Tarea Nacional de Barbados para la Prevenci\u00f3n del Delito (National Task Force on Crime Prevention).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong><span style=\"color:#b40026\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>VEA TAMBI\u00c9N<\/strong>:<\/span><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/es.insightcrime.org\/noticias\/analisis\/caribe-tiene-problema-violencia-no-problema-crimen-informe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">El Caribe tiene &#8216;problema de violencia&#8217;, no &#8216;de crimen&#8217;: informe<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En segundo lugar, el pa\u00eds ha sido l\u00edder regional por sus bajas tasas de corrupci\u00f3n administrativa, brutalidad policial e impunidad criminal, seg\u00fan un <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/reports\/2020-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices\/barbados\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">informe<\/a> publicado en 2020 por el Departamento de Estado estadounidense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aun as\u00ed, su respuesta a la violencia de pandillas ha parecido inconsistente, pues las promesas generalizadas para que se implementen sentencias m\u00e1s severas muchas veces no son aprobadas por el Parlamento o contienen vac\u00edos legales. En 2017, la Fiscal\u00eda General <a href=\"https:\/\/gisbarbados.gov.bb\/blog\/tougher-laws-coming-to-fight-crime-in-barbados\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">propuso<\/a>&nbsp;una normativa antipandillas, que promet\u00eda sentencias de 20 a\u00f1os para pandilleros y de 25 a\u00f1os para l\u00edderes de pandillas. En 2018, esta fue <a href=\"https:\/\/barbadostoday.bb\/2020\/02\/05\/jumbling-guns-drugs-and-corruption\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">anulada<\/a>&nbsp;por el nuevo gobierno de la primera ministra Mia Mottley. La actual administraci\u00f3n entonces <a href=\"https:\/\/stluciatimes.com\/barbados-mulling-anti-gang-legislation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">comenz\u00f3 a<\/a>&nbsp;considerar su propia versi\u00f3n de leyes antipandillas, que tampoco lleg\u00f3 a implementarse. A finales de 2020, uno de los fiscales m\u00e1s prominentes del pa\u00eds <a href=\"https:\/\/barbadostoday.bb\/2020\/10\/24\/prosecutor-blasts-gang-activity-and-suggests-stiff-penalty-for-gang-killing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pidi\u00f3<\/a>&nbsp;cadena perpetua para un pandillero en un juicio por homicidio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En julio de 2020, Barbados aprob\u00f3 el proyecto de ley <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barbadosparliament.com\/bills\/details\/284\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">de Integridad en la Vida P\u00fablica<\/a>, que buscaba imponer normas de conducta similares para funcionarios p\u00fablicos y empresarios particulares. Esto se debi\u00f3 a varias denuncias de que funcionarios p\u00fablicos estaban facilitando actos criminales. En 2019, varios agentes fronterizos fueron <a href=\"https:\/\/www.u4.no\/publications\/overview-of-corruption-and-anti-corruption-in-antigua-and-barbuda-barbados-dominica-guyana-jamaica-st-lucia-and-trinidad-and-tobago\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sorprendidos<\/a>&nbsp;aceptando sobornos para dejar pasar armas ilegales al pa\u00eds,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/barbadostoday.bb\/2019\/04\/16\/corrupt-security\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">seg\u00fan<\/a>&nbsp;el comisionado de polic\u00eda barbadense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sin embargo, el proyecto de ley fue objeto de muchas cr\u00edticas. Una provisi\u00f3n controvertida <a href=\"https:\/\/barbadostoday.bb\/2020\/02\/05\/jumbling-guns-drugs-and-corruption\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">establec\u00eda<\/a>&nbsp;que no podr\u00eda abrirse investigaciones por presuntos actos de corrupci\u00f3n si el funcionario involucrado hab\u00eda dejado el servicio p\u00fablico m\u00e1s de dos a\u00f1os atr\u00e1s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En tercer lugar, la mayor\u00eda de los homicidios no involucran armas de fuego. Estas solo se usan en un 40 por ciento de los homicidios en Barbados, en oposici\u00f3n a m\u00e1s de 70 por ciento en Trinidad y Tobago y en Jamaica, seg\u00fan un <a href=\"https:\/\/issat.dcaf.ch\/Learn\/Resource-Library2\/Country-Profiles\/Barbados-Country-Profile\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">informe<\/a>&nbsp;del Centro de Ginebra para la Gobernanza en el Sector de la Seguridad (Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aun as\u00ed, el problema de las armas de fuego ilegales <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bajanreporter.com\/2019\/05\/reducing-the-impact-of-illegal-gun-ownership-in-barbados\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">parece<\/a> ir en aumento. Para enfrentar el problema, el pa\u00eds ha <a href=\"https:\/\/gisbarbados.gov.bb\/blog\/barbados-to-have-gun-amnesty-next-week\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">declarado<\/a>&nbsp;periodos de amnist\u00eda cada cierto tiempo, en los que pueden entregarse las armas no registradas sin consecuencias. Pero dado que solo se han <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationnews.com\/2019\/04\/15\/32-guns-turned-in-during-amnesty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">entregado<\/a>&nbsp;unas cuantas docenas de armas cada vez, es claro que esta no es una soluci\u00f3n a largo plazo para recoger las 7.000 armas de fuego ilegales que se estima hay en Barbados,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.smallarmssurvey.org\/fileadmin\/docs\/Weapons_and_Markets\/Tools\/Firearms_holdings\/SAS-BP-Civilian-held-firearms-annexe.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">seg\u00fan<\/a>&nbsp;Small Arms Survey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Con tasas de homicidio m\u00e1s altas que nunca en 2019 y 2020, Barbados se enfrenta a un dilema: \u00bfpodr\u00e1 reducir la violencia o se pondr\u00e1 a la par de sus vecinos en el 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