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Cali is the american city with the highest homicides number (per capita)

Cali es la ciudad de América que registra la más alta tasa de homicidios

De acuerdo con un informe de la Policía Nacional, porcentualmente la ciudad de Cali registra 64 muertes por cada cien mil habitantes, y le sigue Rio de Janeiro en Brasil, con 39, Medellín con 33, Miami con 20, Bogotá con 19, Sao Pablo 18, México 18 y Buenos Aires 3.
La presencia de bandas al servicio del narcotráfico, grupos como las aguilas negras y la delincuencia común han aumentado los homicidios en Cali. Este año ya se han reportado 1.143 crímenes en la capital vallecaucana.

Las autoridades señalaron que, a pesar de que ha bajado a nivel nacional el delito de homicidio, Colombia sigue ocupando el segundo lugar de naciones con muertes violentas, le supera sólo Sudáfrica .

En el año 2002 se reportaron en el país 28.837 asesinatos y el en año 2006 fueron 17.479.

El director de Seguridad Ciudadana de La Policía Nacional, general Orlando Páez resaltó el buen comportamiento de los habitantes de Bogotá y Cesar, mientras que afirmó que Meta, Córdoba y Santander siguen aumentando las cifras de colombianos muertos en hechos violentos.

Según el informe conocido por Caracol Radio, en Colombia cada hora son asesinados dos nacionales, de los cuales el 98 por ciento son hombres y el dos por ciento mujeres.

El general Orlando Paez pidió penalizar el porte de armas blancas, pues el 15 por ciento de los homicidios fue cometido con ese tipo de armas, actualmente si una persona es sorprendida con uno de esos elementos, las autoridades lo decomisan, pero el portador queda inmediatamente libre.

By robi666 on Aug 30, 2007, 10:36 in Friendly Talkzone.

robi666 says on Aug 30, 2007, 10:36:

Finally, some numbers...
http://www.caracol.com.co/noticias/473421.asp

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Tinto (Moderator) says on Aug 30, 2007, 10:47:

If there's any consolation, Cali was as high as 101 per 100,000 people as recently as 2001, and that's measured across a population of 2.2 million.

http://home.earthlink.net/~cafe.tinto/violence.htm
(I don't update these figures anymore, but there are a couple of long term charts and tables that might be of interest)

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robi666 says on Aug 30, 2007, 10:55:

What's the consolation Tinto?
101 * 2,200,000 / 100,000 = 2,222 homicides in 2001
They reported 1,143 until NOW in 2007. Am I missing something?

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billyb says on Aug 30, 2007, 11:01:

Robi, this doesn't make sense

"De acuerdo con un informe de la Policía Nacional, porcentualmente la ciudad de Cali registra 64 muertes por cada cien mil habitantes, y le sigue Rio de Janeiro en Brasil, con 39, Medellín con 33, Miami con 20, Bogotá con 19, Sao Pablo 18, México 18 y Buenos Aires 3."

Are these the only cities they compared? Because it says that Cali is followed by...and Buenos Aires at 3per, doesn't sound to me like BsAs should be on the list of highest rates. Where is New Orleans on this list? They Have Miami.

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robi666 says on Aug 30, 2007, 11:03:

Yes, you' re right Billy... I was thinking so even before your post and I am just looking on the Internet if I can find the complete report.
For example, where's Santa Marta, I am sure it must be higher than Cali.

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RAAAY says on Aug 30, 2007, 11:05:

2005 Murder Rate in Cities
(rate per 100,000 population)
Rank City Murder rate
1. Compton, Calif. 67.1
2. Gary, Ind. 58.0
3. Birmingham, Ala. 44.3
4. Youngstown, Ohio 43.7
5. Richmond, Va. 43.0
6. Baltimore, Md. 42.0
7. Camden, N.J. 41.2
8. Flint, Mich. 40.1
9. Detroit, Mich. 39.3
10. Richmond, Calif. 38.8
11. St. Louis, Mo. 37.9
12. Trenton, N.J. 36.2
13. Washington, DC 35.4
14. Newark, N.J. 34.5
15. San Bernardino, Calif. 29.0

.........Its useless to argue with ignorance

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billyb says on Aug 30, 2007, 11:05:

Speaking of SM, did you hear about the granade attack? Any info on that?

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Tinto (Moderator) says on Aug 30, 2007, 11:06:

Robi, I know what you're getting at, but is 1143 the count through June, July or mid-August? If it's through July or mid-August and taking into account the drop that typically occurs in December, and some population growth since 2001, you can make the numbers better in comparison to five or six years ago. However, if the count is only through the six months ended in June and the population hasn't changed by much, the rate is going to be about the same.

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robi666 says on Aug 30, 2007, 11:16:

Yes, heard about that. Some pretty shit. Luckily, people recovered well and left the hospital.
After so many homicides, things should get better soon. Street talk about an agreement between the Mellizos and the Aguilas Negras some weeks ago.
They are charging 2,000 pesos per day to taxi drivers, and collecting vacuna all over the city. And it seems that the last killings are related to refuse to pay by shop owners.
Police and Army are all over, days and night. But those groups are made up of hundreds of people.
So... waiting for someone on PBH to write about being killed just if you are in something dirty... or that they have some friends there who never paid vacunas.

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robi666 says on Aug 30, 2007, 11:18:

Maybe you're right Tinto, but I would not count on a drop on December in Cali.

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arthur brode says on Aug 30, 2007, 12:50:

The fact is that the Cities with the highest homicide rates are in the U.S. not Colombia. And the average homicide rate/100,000 is higher in the U.S. than it is here in Colombia.

That does not include the massacre thats going on in Iraq

http://www.calirentals.net/

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Tinto (Moderator) says on Aug 30, 2007, 13:01:

That's a relatively meaningless apples and oranges comparison because of the way "city" is defined in Ray's list vs. "city" defined by U.S. Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Compare Detroit to the worst area of Bogota - that's getting closer to apples and apples

Compare Detroit's SMSA to the ~7 million people in Bogota - that's getting closer to apples and apples.

Compare Colombia's smaller communities with Ray's list - that's getting closer to apples and apples. But I don't think you'd want to crow about that, Arthur, because some of the homicide rates in smaller Colombian cities are up to 400 per 100,000 people. In other words, 8x to 10x worse that the worst inner city ghettos in the U.S.

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junkyak says on Aug 30, 2007, 16:15:

I agree with tinto. Many of the "worst" cities in the US are smaller cities.

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Gator says on Aug 30, 2007, 19:40:

Please-look at WHO is getting murdered. Lots of turf/narco hits.

"Credidi pretio parvo emere et magno vendere tibi in animo fuisse!" .

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morphus says on Aug 30, 2007, 19:42:

In Colombia murderers only go to prison for a few years. Thats why there are so many murders.

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robi666 says on Aug 30, 2007, 19:54:

Morphus, in Colombia few murderers make it to prison. There are many murderers because it is just cheap as to take a cab ride in NY.

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junkyak says on Aug 31, 2007, 01:24:

DC isnt on there because its a big city so its per capita rate will be lower.

2006 murder rates per 100,000

1. new orleans, LA 72.6
2. gary, IN 48.3
3. detroit, MI 47.1
4. flint, MI 46.5
5. birmingham, AL 44.5
6. baltimore, MD 43.3
7. richmond, CA 40.7
8. richmond, VA 39
9. newark, NJ 37.4
10. oakland, CA 36.4

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billyb says on Aug 31, 2007, 06:44:

La ‘geografía’ del delito en Cali

Los ataques contra la vida y el patrimonio económico son los mayores flagelos delincuenciales que afectan a la Sultana del Valle, según el Observatorio Social.

Cada seis horas decenas de personas son atracadas en cualquiera de las calles de Cali. Cada día tres hombres son asesinados en el perímetro urbano.

Entre las 6:00 a.m. y las 12:00 m. es perpetrado el robo de establecimientos comerciales, mientras que después de las 6:00 p.m. hasta la medianoche son hurtados los automotores.

El hurto (a personas, residencias, comercio, automóviles y motos) y los homicidios son los mayores delitos que integran el mapa delincuencial de las 22 comunas de la capital del Valle del Cauca.

De acuerdo con el Observatorio Social del Municipio, el robo armado a personas impera en todos los sectores. Este año se han reportado 3.935 casos.

A éste le sigue el hurto a negocios, principalmente en comunas como la 2, 9 y 19, donde están los barrios Versalles, Alameda y San Fernando. Este 2007, 647 locales han sido asaltados en esas áreas.

De otro lado, las comunas 2, 5, 10, 17 y 18 están afectadas por el atraco de autos y motos. Ciudad Capri, Cañaverales, El Limonar, Colseguros y Meléndez padecen este flagelo.

El asalto a casas es otro delito que no deja dormir a los caleños, por ejemplo, en Ciudad Jardín y Pance, donde sospechosos se han entrado a 35 viviendas.

Por último, el Distrito de Aguablanca y la ladera es donde más se atenta contra la vida. En Cali, entre enero y julio de este año hubo 879 homicidios.

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arthur brode says on Aug 31, 2007, 08:57:

billy,check this out.a lady friend of mine lives in a nice condo building here in Cali.not too long ago her building was raided by these heavily armed guys impersonating drug enforcement agents.once the security guard downstairs let them in,they tied him up and proceeded to rob the residents of the building.they knocked on everyones door in the building identifying themselves as agents looking for drugs.as soon as the door was opened they would ransack their apartment.

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http://www.calirentals.net/

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billyb says on Aug 31, 2007, 09:08:

Arthur, I've always thought that if these people use some of the ingenuity that they implement in their criminal activities for legitimate purposes, they could get a lot done.

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arthur brode says on Aug 31, 2007, 10:25:

BTW,i have a nice furnished luxury 1br.Apt. for rent in her building.Anyone interested?

http://www.calirentals.net/

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billyb says on Aug 31, 2007, 14:09:

Agosto 31 de 2007

Condenan a 36 años de prisión a dos hombres autores del paseo millonario, en Cali (Valle)

Los condenados secuestraron a varios jóvenes, hurtaron sus pertenencias y abusaron sexualmente de una mujer, el pasado 12 de enero.

El juez los condenó por los delitos de secuestro simple agravado, acceso carnal violento, tráfico de armas y hurto calificado agravado.

Según la Fiscalía, Fabio Nelson Rojas y Andrés Felipe Cano, atacaron con armas de fuego a los jóvenes, cuando se desplazaban en un vehículo de servicio público.

En complicidad con el taxista, cuadras más adelante se subieron tres hombres armados que los obligaron a dar las claves de sus tarjetas, y les sustrajeron dinero de los cajeros automáticos.

Posteriormente, dice la Fiscalía, los cinco asaltantes se llevaron a una de las jóvenes al sector de Juanchito, donde abusaron sexualmente de ella.

Rojas y Cano fueron capturados el pasado 25 de julio por la Policía judicial, después de ser reconocidos por las víctimas como los autores de la agresión.

Los otros vinculados al proceso son Mildrey Iván Ruiz Castro, Héctor Fabio giraldo y Omar Ricardo Posso Hernández, quienes aceptaron los cargos formulados por la Fiscalía.

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