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Según organizaciones de la sociedad civil, de todas las muertes violentas que se registran cada año en República Dominicana, las muertes perpetradas por agentes del orden ascenderían a un 12%, constituyendo la tercera causa de muerte en el país en los últimos cinco años. Asimismo, se informó que la violencia estaría en aumento en Honduras, con un promedio de dos masacres por día y una tasa de homicidios de 86 personas cada 100.000 habitantes.
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In these sessions, the Commission continued to receive troubling information about citizen security in the region. Specifically, it received information indicating that El Salvador has a homicide rate of 71 per 100,000 inhabitants. With respect to the Dominican Republic, the Commission received information about alleged excesses committed by members of the police, through the application of an "iron fist" policy. According to civil society organizations, deaths perpetrated by law enforcement rose to 12 percent of all violent deaths last year, and were the third cause of death in the country in the past five years. The Commission was also informed that violence is on the rise in Honduras, with an average of two massacres per day and a homicide rate of 86 persons per 100,000. The organizations also indicated that civilian deaths at the hands of police and members of the military had gone up in Honduras, and that murders of women had increased by nearly 250 percent between 2005 and 2012. They also reported that attacks are continuing on campesino groups in Bajo Aguán that are defending the area's natural resources. In terms of Guatemala, the number of violent deaths continues to be high, though it declined in 2012, to 5,155 victims. The civil society organizations said military forces were substituting for police, or acting in conjunction with them, to carry out tasks related to citizen security. Finally, with regard to Mexico, the Commission received information about human rights challenges stemming from increased participation of the armed forces in citizen security. From December 2006 to November 30, 2012, the National Human Rights Commission reportedly received 7,441 complaints related to human rights abuses by the armed forces.
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