Violence in the Americas: With 135,00 murders a year, crime is Latin America’s top concern

Nearly 135,000 people were murdered in 2015 in Latin America and the Caribbean, representing a homicide rate that is four times the global average, according to the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
In Argentina, the government has decided to station more officers at the borders to prevent the drug smuggling that is at the origin of much of the nation’s security problem.
The IDB estimates that the region spends around $51 billion a year on its police forces.
Chile is at the bottom of the list, with just three homicides per 100,000 people.
Penitentiary systems are in crisis because they are crime centers where, far from rehabilitating, criminals hone their techniques.

Fuente: http://elpais.com/elpais/2016/09/27/inenglish/1474988871_455330.html