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Article: Murders up 40 percent in El Salvador
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- The Hindustan Times
- Article date:
- November 4, 2009
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San Salvador, Nov 4 (EFE) The number of murders in El Salvador between Jan 1 and Nov 1 stands at 3,673, which is 40 percent more than during the same period last year, media reports said, citing official statistics.
La Prensa Grafica newspaper based the figure on data from the National Police, the Attorney General's Office and the medical examiner's office.
The number of murders, which average 13.9 per day, is 40.2 percent higher than the 2,620 homicides that were tallied during the same period in 2008.
The National Police added that during last month alone there were 431 murders, 158 more than in October 2008.
Authorities warn that nearly two-thirds of the 3,184 men killed this year were ...