This project explores the challenges and lessons of disaggregating gang-related and drug trafficking-related murders.
Homicides in Guatemala
GUATEMALA
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20 APR 2017
Chapter 1
Homicides in Guatemala: Introduction, Methodology, and Major Findings
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20 APR 2017
When violence surged in early 2015 in Guatemala, then-President Otto Pérez Molina knew how to handle the situation: Blame the street gangs. …
Chapter 2
Homicides in Guatemala: Analyzing the Data
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20 APR 2017
In the last decade, homicides in Guatemala have obeyed a fairly steady pattern. Guatemala City and some of its surrounding municipalities have the greatest sheer number of homicides. Other states,…
Chapter 3
Homicides in Guatemala: Collecting the Data
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20 APR 2017
When someone is murdered in Guatemala, police, forensic doctors and government prosecutors start making their way to the crime scene and a creaky, antiquated 20th century bureaucratic machine kicks into…
Chapter 4
Homicides in Guatemala: Conclusions and Recommendations
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20 APR 2017
Olfato. It is a term used quite often in law enforcement and judicial circles in Central America (and other parts of the world as well). It refers to the sixth…
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