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Crime costs Guatemala $6.73 billion

Thursday, July 11, 2013


The fight against crime cost Guatemala $6.73 billion last year.

The figure represents 8 percent of the country's gross domestic product.

Guatemala was number 109 out of 162 in a study called Global Peace index 2013, and fifth in Latin America after El Salvador, Honduras, Venezuela and Colombia.



Full story (in Spanish)