14K in a country of only 28 milllion people! Insane! I believe its higher than the United States, who has more than 10 times the Communist Paradise of Venezuela!
Group: Near 14,000 murders in Venezuela last year
CARACAS, Venezuela -- Close to 14,000 people were murdered in Venezuela last year and the figure could be significantly higher, a prominent human rights group said Thursday, alluding to the rampant crime that has become a central concern of Venezuelans.
Venezuela has one of Latin America's highest murder rates and the government has stopped releasing complete annual figures, making arriving at an exact figure difficult.
In its annual report, the Provea human rights group said a total of 13,985 people were slain last year, but thousands more in this country of 28 million inhabitants were likely killed. The group accused government officials of using statistical loopholes to "hide the true dimension of the phenomenon."