Major Latin American cities have been curbing their homicide rates while those in U.S. metros are rising. SanAntonio SATX SanAntonioTX LatinAmerica homicide CrimeNews
"[Mexico] undoubtedly has a crime problem — five of the 10 most dangerous cities this year are in our country," Karla Berman, a Mexico-based expert in Latin American affairs and member of the Latin American Advisory Board at Harvard Business School, said in the report."But Mexico City, which often has a bad reputation in terms of crime, has been dropping its homicide rate since 2018.".
In the early 2000s, Sao Paulo's murder rate was 10 times higher than it is now. The city's police reform policies and increasingly strict gun regulation have helped it slash its number of homicides since then, according to the report. In 2023, with the help of UTSA, San Antonio will implement a new approach to crime prevention via"hot-spot" policing. The plan aims to increase police visibility and use"intelligence-led offender targeting" to address crime,
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