The Most Dangerous Place On Earth? San Pedro Sula In Honduras - Where Three People Are Murdered EVERY DAY - Tops List Of The World's Most Violent Cities -- Daily Mail
* Hundreds of murders sparked by gangs and drug cartels in San Pedro Sula, where the economy is weak and poverty is rampant
* The city is followed by Acapulco, Mexico, and Caracas, Venezuela
* In the last three years, Honduran prosecutors have received over 200 formal complaints about death squad-style killings
* Police have long been accused of operating more like assassins than law enforcement officers in Honduras, but few cases have been investigated
The Honduran city of San Pedro Sula has topped a new list of the world's most violent places on earth, where tragedy, brutality and death squad killings run rampant.
At least three murders are reported each day in the coffee-exporting nation, mostly at the hands of vicious gangs and drug cartels who operate freely in an area of lawlessness, poverty and a decaying justice system.
Gunmen have taken control of slums and villages, well aware that the police are ineffective and corrupt.
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My Comment: Drugs, criminal gangs, dysfunctional police force, rampant poverty .... a perfect cocktail for a disaster.