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OC Homicide Rate per 100k in the Americas [OC]

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u/luxtabula OC: 1 7d ago

no the drug trade isn't the issue. it's massive corruption combined with Garrison politics where each party claims an area in the big cities. this along with poverty and poor funding and training for the police force lead to a lot of turf wars.

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u/ElephantLife8552 5d ago

Right. Most of those other Caribbean Islands also have super high homicide rates, whether there's drug trafficking there or not.