homicide

Last year it recorded 48 homicides, which, given its population is less than 50,000, gave it the worst murder rate per capita in Latin America and the Caribbean, according to one study.

Violent crime numbers continue to drop, with homicides on pace for 50-year lows.

Between January and June, the homicide rate was down by a third compared with the same period last year, according to the Council on Criminal Justice.

Those cities, as Salon has previously reported, have also all seen significant decreases in homicide rates in recent years.

Since then, authorities have launched a homicide investigation.