Venezuela recorded more than 21,000 murders in 2012 [View all]

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Although there are no official numbers of violent deaths, an NGO argues that the rate is 73 deaths per 100 000 inhabitants.
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Venezuela recorded more than 21,000 murders in 2012 due to "a general increase" in crime in the country, which is among the most violent in Latin America, said Thursday the organization Venezuelan Observatory of Violence (OVV).

. "We can conservatively estimate that 2012 will end with 21,692 deceased victims of violence, to a rate of 73 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants," said the report OVV in December 2012.

"During 2012 there was an increase in Venezuela widespread violence, which was the result of an increase in its magnitude, in its forms and in its territorial (...) despite the various measures taken by the government national prevention and control, some of them valuable in intent and design, "said the NGO.

. In late 2011, the OVV said that this year had been "the most violent national history" with a total of 19,336 murders. . However, this year the figure rose to 12%, according to the NGO.