And probably the most common questions I get from friends and relatives in the U. Note the above photos of Colombian police are by the National Police of Colombia. Also, please note that this article was completely updated in March with up-to-date crime statistics. This was almost triple the homicide rate in the current most dangerous city in the world, Caracas, Venezuela. Louis, New Orleans or Baltimore in the U. This homicide rate of In El Centro, there were homicide cases in , five more than in In addition, the separate municipality of Sabaneta had 8 homicides in , which was the lowest in the past eight years.
So, this is an average of one foreigner homicide every 2. The reasons for these homicides vary but the majority were related to street robberies, drugs and sex tourism and crimes of passion. In regards to the manner of homicide, 29 were perpetrated with a firearm, 12 with a knife, 4 by asphyxiation, 2 by dismemberment, 2 with a blunt object and one by poisoning.
Five of the victims died in cases of massacres or multiple homicides. The murdered foreigners came from several countries: 14 were from Europe, 12 from North America U. Nine of the homicides were foreigners from the United States and seven were from Venezuela. We look in detail at each homicide to demonstrate that several of these victims reportedly resisted a robbery or were involved in shady activities such as drugs or prostitution.
In some cases, details of these homicides are sketchy with a underlying cause not reported. June 28, , Jason Correa Salazar from the U. July 2, , Jason Gil Galeano from the U. Galeano reportedly had been visiting Colombia for two months where he had a daughter. He reportedly was shot during a robbery attempt when he was walking with three women.
He had a food business in the city. April 24, , Dennis Ian Levy from the U. Reportedly he resisted a robbery when assailants asked for his wristwatch. May 30, , Noah Goldberg from the U. Goldberg reportedly was involved in the sex tourism business. May 11, , Frederic Lavoie from Canada, age 31, was found dismembered in four garbage bags in Sabaneta. He was using a false Bahamas passport in the name of Roberto Clementi Major. He had arrived with a woman from Cali and rented an apartment in El Poblado.
