Title: Crime in Honduras - Wikipedia
Headings: Crime in Honduras
Crime in Honduras
Contents
Crime by type
Murder
Illegal drug trade
Historical
Gangs
Assets of Banco Continental frozen
Regional variations
Effects of crime on migration
Crime prevention
Mano Dura Laws
Leaded Gasoline
See also
References

Content: The main victims of these crimes have been young people as well. This targeted violence is the reason behind the rise in youth migration in the past years. Between 2011 and 2015 the murder rate in Honduras decreased by 30% (rate claimed by government, not independently confirmed). Homicides went down from 88.5 per 100,000 residents to 60.0 per 100,000. Homicide rate decrease stopped in 2016 when the murder rate did not present any significant differences from 2015. In the first semester of 2016 a rate of 14 deaths per day equalled the murder rate in 2015. Murder rate decrease has been attributed to different reasons such as negotiations and agreements between criminal groups and government action, economic aid given by United States Agency for International Development to fund crime prevention programs and to the Mano Dura Laws. It is not clear which of these has caused the decrease in homicides. Due to the high levels of impunity in the country, the majority of murders in Honduras are never punished. In recent years only 4% of homicides have ended in a conviction.