Argentina: 4.6 murders per 100,000 inhabitants.

During the first six months of 2020, Argentine authorities registered 1,044 murders, which is slightly less than the number of murders recorded during the same period in 2019, according to Security Minister Sabine Frederic and the National Criminal Intelligence Service. This allowed the country to record 2,088 murders at the end of the year and a murder rate of 4.6 per 100,000 inhabitants, which is slightly lower than the total number of murders in 2019.

The city of Rosario, the largest in the central province of Santa Fe, located on the banks of the Paraná River - a strategic location for criminals - has recorded the highest number of murders in the last five years. Many of the murders are believed to be the result of clashes between drug trafficking organizations fighting for control of the growing local market. It is reported that firearms were used in almost 80% of the murders.

Argentina's strategic position and growing consumer market have made it an important transshipment point for illegal drugs as well as for the global arms trade. Many of the potential buyers of powerful weapons passing through the country are powerful prison gangs from neighboring countries such as Brazil and Paraguay.

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A murder was committed during 2018

On average, 6 people are killed in Argentina per day.

Premeditated murders, the number of victims by year from 2014 to 2019

Source: https://www.argentina.gob.ar