The following excerpt is from an article published December 28, 2009 in InsideCostaRica.com. To view the article in its entirety, please click here.
Fire Arms Attacks, Epidemic in Guatemala
GUATEMALA – The increase of fire arms attacks is considered a pandemic in Guatemala by government authorities. In that country the murder average with fire arms is of 48 per 100,000 inhabitant that is why is considered an epidemic due to its effects in public health.
According to recent reports Guatemala is the Central American Nation with higher imports of those kinds of weapons, in which 11.3 million dollars were invested in 2008 and in the first nine months of the current year reached $6.9 million.
The Central Bank pointed out that from September 2002 to September of the current year the spending increased to $59.9 millions. Regarding the circulation of fire arms some are legal and others illegal, the amount varies according to the organism which gives the information. According to report of the UN Development Program mentioned there are 235, 514 fire arms legalized.
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