The killings highlight what experts call an alarming trend of increased violence against women in Central America, fueled by crime, poverty, male chauvinism and domestic abuse. According to the United Nations, slayings of women and girls in #Honduras increased 263 percent between 2005 and 2013. The country has the worlds highest homicide rate for a nation not at war, with an estimated 90 to 95 killings per 100,000 people. Street gangs and drug traffickers are the de-facto authorities in many areas, enforcing their will through violence, fear and extortion. If nobody here reacts against organized crime, its because they control everything, the mayor said. Because everyone fears them, and the military and police dont do anything. Everyone knows who they are. mail/int/news/world/3219506-slain-beauty-queen-sister-buried-honduras.html#.1258-rightcolumn-mostviewed1-2
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