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Security & Strategic Review August 2010 (ISSN 1741-4202)
GUATEMALA: Figures show murder & kidnapping in decline
The spike in violence in July and the spectacular nature of the
grenade attacks on buses in the capital [SSR-10-07] diverted attention from a
significant development on the public security front: that murders and reported
kidnappings had declined in the first half of the year. Also, two months after
the change at the helm of Cicig, the detection of a criminal network in the
upper echelons of the past administration has come to light.
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