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Stephen F. Pires, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, Florida International University

Why targeting guerrilla groups and cartels doesn’t stop violence in Latin America – but focusing on geography might

Environmental features and geography may be a better predictor of homicides in Latin America than the prevalence of organized crime gangs.

That’s what we found in a recent study that analyzed homicide patterns across Colombian municipalities between 2010 and 2020.

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