Members of the Honduran National Police listen attentively while representatives of the Joint Security Forces share new techniques to tactically clear buildings in La Paz, Honduras, on June 20, 2017. Photo: Maria Pinel/U.S. Army
According to official figures, the government projects that the homicide rate will reach 42 per 100.000 citizens by the end of the year, compared to 59 per 100.000 registered in 2016 by the Violence Observatory at the National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH). In other words, this year's rate looks set to be about half the rate of 86 per 100.000 the Observatory registered in 2012.
The Security Ministry reports that 3.209 people died violently in the Central American country between January and October 2017, 26.3% less than the 4.356 cases reported during the same period in 2016.
