La tasa de homicidios regional de Centroam\u00e9rica casi que se duplic\u00f3 entre 2000 y 2011, pese a un aumento en el n\u00famero de polic\u00edas durante el mismo per\u00edodo, seg\u00fan un informe regional, lo que demuestra que m\u00e1s polic\u00eda no implica necesariamente menos crimen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Entre 2000 y 2011, la tasa de homicidios en Centroam\u00e9rica aument\u00f3 de 22 por cada 100.000 habitantes a 40, seg\u00fan un informe<\/a> elaborado por el centro de investigaci\u00f3n costarricense, Programa Estado de Naci\u00f3n. Durante este mismo per\u00edodo, el n\u00famero de polic\u00edas aument\u00f3 de 218 por cada 100.000 habitantes a 267.<\/p>\n\n\n\n De alrededor de 168 mil homicidios ocurridos durante este periodo, el 87 por ciento fueron cometidos en la regi\u00f3n del Tri\u00e1ngulo del Norte \u2013Guatemala, Honduras y El Salvador\u2013. El informe tambi\u00e9n se\u00f1ala las grandes diferencias en el n\u00famero de polic\u00edas en cada pa\u00eds. En el Tri\u00e1ngulo del Norte, Guatemala contaba con tan s\u00f3lo 167 polic\u00edas por cada 100.000 habitantes en 2011 y Honduras con 176, mientras que El Salvador ten\u00eda 343 por cada 100.000 habitantes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n El informe tambi\u00e9n se\u00f1ala que la poblaci\u00f3n carcelaria de Centroam\u00e9rica aument\u00f3 un 85 por ciento durante esta d\u00e9cada (de 44.000 a 82.000), con El Salvador registrando el mayor incremento.<\/p>\n\n\n\n No es ninguna sorpresa que el aumento general en los homicidios de Centroam\u00e9rica se atribuya en gran parte a los pa\u00edses del Tri\u00e1ngulo del Norte \u2013Honduras tiene la tasa de homicidios m\u00e1s alta del mundo, con El Salvador ocupando el segundo lugar<\/a>, antes de implementarse la tregua entre pandillas en marzo de 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Un hallazgo fundamental del informe es que poner m\u00e1s polic\u00edas en las calles no conduce necesariamente a una reducci\u00f3n en la violencia. Un buen ejemplo de esto es Honduras, donde el n\u00famero de polic\u00edas por cada 100.000 habitantes aument\u00f3 en aproximadamente 60 durante este per\u00edodo, mientras que la tasa de homicidios pas\u00f3 de 51 a 86,5 por cada 100.000 habitantes. La naturaleza altamente corrupta de la fuerza policial del pa\u00eds ayuda a explicar este fen\u00f3meno \u2013la polic\u00eda hondure\u00f1a fue acusada de cometer 149 ejecuciones extrajudiciales en dos a\u00f1os<\/a>, un supuesto 40 por ciento de la fuerza tiene v\u00ednculos con el crimen organizado<\/a>, y se ha avanzado poco en el proceso de reforma<\/a>\u2013. 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