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InSight Crime's 2021 Homicide Round-Up

InSight Crime

1 February 2022

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Peru: 4.3 per 100,000
In the final months of last year, officials in Peru sought the declaration of a state of emergency in the capital and in a northwestern department to stem rising violence.

According to figures provided by Peru's National Institute of Statistics and Information (Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática -- INEI), the country recorded 356 murders from January to March. Based on the limited data, the country is on track for 1,427 homicides and a projected homicide rate of 4.3 per 100,000 people.

While little can be gleaned from the figures, news reports indicated surging violence in Peru's cities. (…)

Interior Minister Avelino Guillén, who recently resigned, asked legislators to declare a state of emergency in the capital to confront rising crime – a move that would allow for troops to conduct patrols.

ID: N882

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