Las autoridades de Nicaragua identificaron la incautaci\u00f3n de miles de armas de fuego durante los \u00faltimos a\u00f1os como la principal raz\u00f3n de la gran ca\u00edda en la tasa de homicidios del pa\u00eds, pero las experiencias en la regi\u00f3n sugieren que es poco probable que el tema sea tan simple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Seg\u00fan la Polic\u00eda Nacional de Nicaragua, la incautaci\u00f3n de 19.000 armas ilegales entre 2008 y 2013 ha desempe\u00f1ado un papel fundamental en la reducci\u00f3n de la tasa de homicidios del pa\u00eds, pasando de 11 homicidios por cada 100.000 habitantes en 2012 a 8,7 homicidios por cada 100.000 habitantes en 2013, inform\u00f3 El Nuevo Diario<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Actualmente Nicaragua tiene la tasa de homicidios m\u00e1s baja de Centroam\u00e9rica, y le sigue Costa Rica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sin embargo, funcionarios de la Direcci\u00f3n de Registro y Control de Armas de Fuego y Municiones (DAEM) dijeron que la mayor\u00eda de robos violentos en el pa\u00eds no fueron llevaron a cabo con armas de fuego, sino con armas como cuchillos o machetes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n La tasa de homicidios baja no significa que el pa\u00eds no se ve afectado por el crimen violento, dijo M\u00f3nica Zalaquett de la ONG Centro de Prevenci\u00f3n de la Violencia (CEPREV).<\/p>\n\n\n\n En Nicaragua \u201chay una gran cantidad de delitos de robos con intimidaci\u00f3n en los que generalmente se usan armas de fuego (\u2026) y hay muchos j\u00f3venes heridos con huellas de bala\u201d, seg\u00fan Zalaquett.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n En comparaci\u00f3n con sus vecinos del Tri\u00e1ngulo del Norte -Guatemala, Honduras y El Salvador- que tienen algunas de las tasas de homicidio m\u00e1s altas del mundo, Nicaragua sigue estando relativamente poco afectada por las pandillas o por la violencia alimentada por el crimen organizado. El a\u00f1o pasado, el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD<\/a>) ubic\u00f3 a Nicaragua entre los seis pa\u00edses de Latinoam\u00e9rica con los mejores indicadores de la seguridad ciudadana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sin embargo, es poco probable que la incautaci\u00f3n de las armas haya sido el factor principal en el mantenimiento de los bajos niveles de violencia. Como InSight Crime ha se\u00f1alado<\/a>, hay poca evidencia de que las pol\u00edticas de armas estrictas sean un factor importante que afecte a las tasas de homicidios en Latinoam\u00e9rica -la facilidad de adquirir armas en el mercado negro, la corrupci\u00f3n en las fuerzas de seguridad y una fuerte presencia del crimen organizado, juegan un papel importante tambi\u00e9n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hay varios otros factores que probablemente han contribuido a la baja \u2013y decreciente- tasa de homicidios de Nicaragua. Un factor a menudo citado por las autoridades es el particular modelo policial del pa\u00eds, el cual ha sido acreditado por mantener alejadas a las pandillas mara<\/a>. Otra posibilidad podr\u00eda ser el estricto control social ejercido por el gobierno sandinista en muchas partes del pa\u00eds.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n VEA TAMBI\u00c9N:<\/span><\/strong> Noticias y perfiles de Nicaragua<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Estas ideas se apoyan en el hecho de que dos regiones aut\u00f3nomas del Atl\u00e1ntico del pa\u00eds (RAAN y RAAS) tienen tasas de homicidios muy por encima de la media nacional<\/a>. Estas son las regiones sobre las que el gobierno central tiene el menor control, y las que se han visto m\u00e1s afectadas por la presencia del crimen organizado transnacional<\/a>, ya que tanto su lejan\u00eda como su ubicaci\u00f3n en la costa, hacen de las regiones puntos de paso atractivos para<\/a> los traficantes de drogas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Las autoridades de Nicaragua identificaron la incautaci\u00f3n de miles de armas de fuego durante los \u00faltimos a\u00f1os como la principal raz\u00f3n de la gran ca\u00edda en la tasa de homicidios del pa\u00eds, pero las experiencias en la regi\u00f3n sugieren que es poco probable que el tema sea tan 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