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Besieged By Crime & Narcos

December 2005 | Political Risk Analysis

After one of the most bloody weekends in recent months, the governmental human rights ombudsman voiced his suspicions that organised crime was behind the rise in violence in the country. Twenty-seven people were killed in violence across the country in just two days, bringing the total to 180 for the month of November – an average of three a day. Although most of the deaths were unconnected to each other, there is a growing suspicion that tit-for-tat gang warfare, or even vigilante groups are responsible for the rising crime wave. The interior minister recently admitted growing concern over evidence of

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