Guatemala has seen a 13% increase in homicides in 2022.

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number of female killings in Guatemala on March 15 increased by 13% in the first two months of 2022 compared to the same period last year, according to a report released by humanitarian organizations on Tuesday. According to statistics from the Mutual Aid Organization (GAM), 121 women died in Central American countries between January and February this year. That is, in the first two months of 2021, the number of violent deaths was 14 more than 107. 54 Guatemalans died in January and 67 in February, while 68 and 39 murders were recorded in the same month last year, the humanitarian organization said in a press conference. According to GAM, in the first two months of 2022, there were 707 deaths in Guatemala, an increase of 12.5% compared to the same period in 2021. Nearly 100 people The report explains that among the criminal deaths that occurred in Guatemala in the first two months of 2022, 93 minors, most of them died from gunshot wounds and white wounds. The homicide rate per 100,000 population in the country reached 28 victims in the country, and the first sector of 22 people was Zacapa in the east, where Isabal (north-west) was 57 per 100,000 people and 61 murders per 100,000 people. The lowest reported mortality rates were Huehuetenango and Totonicapan, but both accounted for the majority of the indigenous population and were located in the north-west. According to GAM, the two reported 3 murders per 100,000 inhabitants. Guatemala is one of the 20 most violent countries in the world, according to a recent report by an international organization, with 4,078 murders in 2021, an increase of 16.5% over the 3,500 reported in 2020. According to experts, more than 60 per cent of murders in Guatemala were the result of gunshot wounds, and the majority of murders remained unpunished because of the weakness of the Guatemalan justice system. gold/jcm/cfa