Analysis of the State of homicidal violence in Central America. January to June 2023

Source: Prepared by UNDP InfoSegura with information from Belize provided by Belize Police Department (BPD) provided by the Belize Crime Observatory (BCO); Costa Rica, Judicial Investigation Department (OIJ); El Salvador, Working Group on Homicide Facts and Figures, National Civil Police (PNC) and Prosecutor General of the Republic (FGR); Guatemala, National Civil Police (PNC Statistics Section, INE validation of data pending); Honduras, preliminary data from the Working Group on Violent Deaths: National Police, Public Ministry/Directorate of Forensic Medicine. National Registry of Persons. Citizen Coexistence and Security Observatories. National Statistics Institute. IUDPAS/UNAH. Technical Inter-Institutional Coordination Unit (UTECI)/Sub-Secretary for Inter-Institutional Affairs.

This analysis is based on data available on the following dates: Belize: 13 July 2023; Guatemala: 2 August 2023; El Salvador: 31 July 2023.; Honduras: September 2023; Costa Rica: September 2023