Map of 2018 homicide rates in Latin America and the Caribbean. Source: InSight Crime. All rights reserved.
With a worsening crisis in Venezuela, dark days in Nicaragua, an ever more fragile peace process in Colombia, new governments and new ideas in Brazil, Mexico and beyond, 2018 was a year of turmoil across Latin America and the Caribbean. Homicide levels have reflected this uncertainty, rising sharply in parts, continuing to drop in others.
In its Homicide Round-Up, InSight Crime looks into the murder rates country by country and the factors behind them.
