Long time holder of the title “Murder Capital of the World,” Honduras has only gotten worse over the past decade. In the past few years, Honduras has had roughly 7,000 homicides each year out of its population of 8 million. This is an extremely high number for a Latin American nation, even considering its long history of violence. As one can assume, many have been astonished upon learning this and wanted to investigate how this number came about and continues to quickly grow. What people found was a rule that unintentionally brought crime to this area and a part of the country that is hardly occupied by citizens or security officers. Currently, the largest obstacle within Honduras is the high levels of crime, which is being caused by the rapidly
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“In 2013 alone, Honduras had over 7,000 homicides, placing the murder rate at 92 per 100,000 people, making it the highest in the world” (“Honduras Crime”). This is not a title that any country wants to hold, and the shocking number is due to the fact that Honduras allows citizens to own up to five armed weapons, most which are in the possession of people without a license and the lack of security officers present in the most violent areas of Honduras. An enormous amount of drugs are exported through La Mosquitia, a rainforest like area located in eastern Honduras. This area is not at all heavily populated like the west, making it popular area for to provide landing and transit for drug traffickers (“Honduras Crime”). The lack of people living in this part of the country means that the government does not feel the number of security officers should be high. This has enabled thousands of criminals to be a part of drug smuggling events. Profits made from these account for over half of the economy. The government is aware of the cartel, but has not taken any great actions to stop it. However, the president of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernandez, has recently ordered multiple troops for the first time to deploy an ancient area that was believed to be a drug exchange site (Harding). When asked why they had waited so long to interact with …show more content…
Economic inequality is one of the primary causes of how gang violence expanded (Honduras Crime”). There are numerous street gangs within Honduras’s suburbs comprised of minors and adults that are infamous for getting others in their area to join by extortion and influencing them by showing them the profit they get from selling kidnapped items. Poor citizens desperate for money will join the gangs in hopes of being able to afford things. Additionally, there is a lack of job opportunities for the young in almost all fields (“Honduras Crime”). The amount of money possibly earned from the few jobs available to adolescents is not enough to support their families, which is why many turn to gangs as a method for making an adequate, although gained illegally, sum of money. The vast majority of gang recruits are forced into being a part of a group to avoid harm to their family and themselves (Harding). As Honduras is a murderous nation, people of every town are commonly threatened verbally or physically in some way by local gangs. These threats later turn into worse actions, including robberies, kidnappings, and massacres inside one’s home. To ensure or increase chances of self preservation and keeping loved one’s alive, it is often necessary to be initiated into a gang, where the person is now a
“In 2013 alone, Honduras had over 7,000 homicides, placing the murder rate at 92 per 100,000 people, making it the highest in the world” (“Honduras Crime”). This is not a title that any country wants to hold, and the shocking number is due to the fact that Honduras allows citizens to own up to five armed weapons, most which are in the possession of people without a license and the lack of security officers present in the most violent areas of Honduras. An enormous amount of drugs are exported through La Mosquitia, a rainforest like area located in eastern Honduras. This area is not at all heavily populated like the west, making it popular area for to provide landing and transit for drug traffickers (“Honduras Crime”). The lack of people living in this part of the country means that the government does not feel the number of security officers should be high. This has enabled thousands of criminals to be a part of drug smuggling events. Profits made from these account for over half of the economy. The government is aware of the cartel, but has not taken any great actions to stop it. However, the president of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernandez, has recently ordered multiple troops for the first time to deploy an ancient area that was believed to be a drug exchange site (Harding). When asked why they had waited so long to interact with …show more content…
Economic inequality is one of the primary causes of how gang violence expanded (Honduras Crime”). There are numerous street gangs within Honduras’s suburbs comprised of minors and adults that are infamous for getting others in their area to join by extortion and influencing them by showing them the profit they get from selling kidnapped items. Poor citizens desperate for money will join the gangs in hopes of being able to afford things. Additionally, there is a lack of job opportunities for the young in almost all fields (“Honduras Crime”). The amount of money possibly earned from the few jobs available to adolescents is not enough to support their families, which is why many turn to gangs as a method for making an adequate, although gained illegally, sum of money. The vast majority of gang recruits are forced into being a part of a group to avoid harm to their family and themselves (Harding). As Honduras is a murderous nation, people of every town are commonly threatened verbally or physically in some way by local gangs. These threats later turn into worse actions, including robberies, kidnappings, and massacres inside one’s home. To ensure or increase chances of self preservation and keeping loved one’s alive, it is often necessary to be initiated into a gang, where the person is now a