A pesar de que las estad\u00edsticas de homicidios han tenido cierta mejora, Belice contin\u00faa declarando estados de emergencia regularmente debido a las tasas de criminalidad. Pero \u00bfrealmente son efectivas estas medidas?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Seg\u00fan el Observatorio del Crimen de Belice, entre enero y julio de 2021 en el pa\u00eds se reportaron<\/a> 60 homicidios, un poco menos que los 63 durante el mismo periodo del a\u00f1o pasado. Y en 2020 los homicidios ascendieron<\/a> a 102, una mejora significativa con respecto a los 134 asesinatos de 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sin embargo, en el mes de agosto, el gobierno declar\u00f3<\/a> un nuevo estado de emergencia relacionado con el crimen, el cuarto que se implementa desde 2018, enfocado en la Ciudad de Belice. La prioridad de esta decisi\u00f3n es atacar la violencia de las pandillas<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Si bien los asesinatos en general han disminuido, la violencia de las pandillas sigue aumentando. El pa\u00eds registr\u00f3 21<\/a> asesinatos en mayo, el mes con el mayor nivel de homicidios en Belice desde 2011, y muchos de esos asesinatos se atribuyeron a la violencia de las pandillas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n VEA TAMBI\u00c9N:<\/span><\/strong> Cobertura sobre Belice<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Las represiones comenzaron poco despu\u00e9s de que se implement\u00f3 el estado de emergencia. Se han realizado decenas de arrestos<\/a>, principalmente en la Ciudad de Belice, donde se presenta la mayor parte de los homicidios del pa\u00eds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Las autoridades de Belice consideran que los constantes estados de emergencia son un \u201cbot\u00f3n de pausa<\/a>\u201d de los homicidios, pero la efectividad de esta pr\u00e1ctica es dudosa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n En su defensa de la declaraci\u00f3n de estado de emergencia en el mes de agosto, el comisionado de polic\u00eda Chester Williams se refiri\u00f3<\/a> a la disminuci\u00f3n de la tasa de homicidios en el Distrito de Belice, donde se encuentra la Ciudad de Belice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pero hay una gran diferencia entre el Distrito de Belice en general y la Ciudad de Belice en particular. Si bien el Distrito de Belice ha experimentado una disminuci\u00f3n continua en la tasa de homicidios, los constantes estados de emergencia no han conducido a resultados similares<\/a> en la ciudad. Por el contrario, en esta la tasa de homicidios se ha mantenido constante<\/a> en los \u00faltimos dos a\u00f1os.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Los estados de emergencia en Belice le otorgan a la polic\u00eda mayores poderes para realizar arrestos en \u00e1reas espec\u00edficas, e incluso le permiten dedicar unidades de las Fuerzas de Defensa de Belice y la Guardia Costera para perseguir presuntos pandilleros. Pero dicha pr\u00e1ctica requiere una inspecci\u00f3n minuciosa en este pa\u00eds, donde la polic\u00eda ha sido acusada de uso excesivo de la fuerza<\/a> y de corrupci\u00f3n<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n VEA TAMBI\u00c9N:<\/span><\/strong> Prisiones de Belice se alejan de las pol\u00edticas de mano dura<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Los cr\u00edticos de esta pr\u00e1ctica y los presuntos pandilleros denuncian la falta de oportunidades laborales<\/a> y de programas sociales en la ciudad, situaciones que se\u00f1alan como los verdaderos promotores de estas tasas de homicidios.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Para las autoridades, los estados de emergencia son una forma f\u00e1cil de dar respuesta a los patrones de violencia. Sin embrago, existe el riesgo de que Belice llegue a usarlos como lo hace Jamaica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jamaica parece atrapada en un c\u00edrculo interminable<\/a> de declaraciones de estados de emergencia, que se renuevan permanentemente. Estas declaraciones permiten el anuncio y la realizaci\u00f3n de cientos de arrestos, pero la mayor\u00eda de los detenidos son liberados en cuesti\u00f3n de semanas. Y entre tanto, el pa\u00eds sigue teniendo la tasa de homicidios m\u00e1s alta<\/a> de la regi\u00f3n.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A pesar de que las estad\u00edsticas de homicidios han tenido cierta mejora, Belice contin\u00faa declarando estados de emergencia regularmente debido a las tasas de criminalidad. 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