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250 murders already this year
A damn warzone
Let's compare that to warzones...
250 murders already this year
A damn warzone
250 murders already this year
A damn warzone
he Regional Institute of Public Safety reported that Rio de Janeiros homicide rate for the first five months of 2012 is the lowest in 21 years. So far, the 2012 rate is at 10.9 homicides per 100,000 residents. Homicides fell to 1,784 a 8.3 percent drop from last year, when 1,945 people were killed in the first five months.
Authorities attribute the decline to the governments pacification project, which began in 2008 in an attempt to reduce violence in Brazils second largest city.
The news comes as Rio prepares to host the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympic games.
Let's compare that to warzones...
By some accounts, rising murder rates have made Chicago more dangerous than a war zone: According to The Daily, homicide victims in Chicago outnumber U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan this year.
While 144 Americans have died in Afghanistan in 2012, 228 Chicago residents have been killed. The murder rate is up 35 percent from last year, a rash of homicides that quadruples New York City's rate and doubles Los Angeles' rate.