Los homicidios de conductores de transporte p\u00fablico en Guatemala se han duplicado en los primeros seis meses de 2013 en comparaci\u00f3n con el mismo per\u00edodo del a\u00f1o pasado, un signo del creciente peligro en lo que ya es una de las profesiones m\u00e1s peligrosas del mundo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Un total de 97 conductores de autob\u00fas, taxi y moto-taxi han sido asesinados en lo que va del a\u00f1o en comparaci\u00f3n con 46 en los primeros seis meses de 2012, seg\u00fan cifras del gobierno reportadas por EFE<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Los homicidios de mujeres tambi\u00e9n han aumentado en el mismo per\u00edodo, pasando de 263 entre enero y junio de 2012 a 354 este a\u00f1o. Mauricio L\u00f3pez Bonilla, Ministro de Gobernaci\u00f3n, atribuy\u00f3 el aumento a la participaci\u00f3n de las mujeres en la criminalidad, inform\u00f3 Prensa Libre<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mientras tanto, un portavoz del Ministerio P\u00fablico dijo<\/a> que los recolectores de basura y las prostitutas que trabajan en el centro de Ciudad de Guatemala est\u00e1n siendo extorsionados por pandillas. Se les exigen hasta US$100 semanales a los recolectores de basura, mientras que a las prostitutas se les \u201cgrava\u201d entre US$15 y US$20, seg\u00fan las autoridades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Seg\u00fan las cifras del gobierno, Guatemala ha registrado un aumento de alrededor del 7,5 por ciento en los homicidios durante el primer semestre de 2013 en comparaci\u00f3n con 2012, luego de haber mantenido una reducci\u00f3n significativa en la tasa de homicidios en los \u00faltimos tres a\u00f1os. No obstante, el enorme aumento en las muertes de los trabajadores de transportistas va mucho m\u00e1s all\u00e1 de esto, lo que ilustra c\u00f3mo los conductores se enfrentan a niveles desproporcionados de peligro<\/a>. Seg\u00fan la Coordinadora Nacional de Transporte, m\u00e1s de mil conductores fueron asesinados<\/a> por el crimen organizado entre 2006 y 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n La extorsi\u00f3n es una fuente de ingresos importante para las principales pandillas en Guatemala, la Mara Salvatrucha y Barrio 18, as\u00ed como para organizaciones m\u00e1s peque\u00f1as, y los trabajadores del transporte son un blanco f\u00e1cil. 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