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Uruguay Issues Travel Warning Against Albuquerque, Detroit

ASSOCIATED PRESS
August 7, 2019
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Uruguay issued a warning to its citizens early this week about traveling to the U.S. after two mass shootings killed more than 30 people.


The Kimo Theater on historic Route 66 in downtown Albuquerque, N.M., is pictured on Aug. 1, 2016. Uruguay issued a warning to its citizens early this week about traveling to the U.S. after two mass shootings killed more than 30 people. But the Latin American country also cited this week three cities citizens should avoid: Albuquerque, Detroit and Baltimore. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras, File)
The Latin American country also cited three cities citizens should avoid: Albuquerque, Detroit and Baltimore.

Uruguay’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the three cities are among the 20 most dangerous in the world and cited CEOWORLD magazine at its source.

Albuquerque has garnered national attention in recent years over its high auto theft rates and violent shootings.

Uruguay advised its citizens to avoid U.S. theme parks, shopping centers, art festivals, religious activities and sporting events.

Albuquerque spokesman Matt Ross said it was absurd for Albuquerque to be cited.

Venezuela’s Foreign Ministry also issued a statement suggesting its citizens “postpone travel” to the U.S. in light of “hate crimes.”
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But the Latin American country also cited this week three cities citizens should avoid: Albuquerque, Detroit and Baltimore.

Baltimore's Homicide Rate Is Ten Times Larger than the US Rate

08/02/2019Ryan McMaken

Donald Trump in recent days has repeatedly attacked the city of Baltimore for its very low quality of life, denouncing it as "rodent-infested" and noting it has a very, very high homicide rate.

It's difficult to find reliable stats on Baltimore's rodent population per capita, but we can consult the FBI crime data on Baltimore's homicide rate. When it comes to Baltimore being a haven of appalling violent crime, Trump's not wrong.

The most recent homicide data from the FBI (2017) shows the city of Baltimore with a homicide rate of 55.8 per 100,000 population.That's a homicide rate comparable to El Salvador (60 per 100,000) and Venezuela (56 per 100,000). Baltimore has more homicides per capita than Honduras, Guatemala, South Africa, and Brazil.

In other words, Baltimore's homicide problem is worse than those in many of the world's most violent countries.

In contrast, the US homicide rate in 2017 was 5.3 per 100,000 making Baltimore homicide rate ten times larger than that in the US overall.



Moreover, the gap between the US homicide rate and the Baltimore homicide rate has gotten worse over the past decade. The US rate has fallen since 2007, but it has gone up significantly in Baltimore over that time.

This gap also helps to illustrate the absurdity of referring to a "America's homicide problem," when the overwhelming majority of Americans live in places with homicide rates that are a small fraction of the places known for frequent killings.

For examples, if we look at homicide rate in metropolitan Baltimore, but remove homicides from the core city, we find the homicide rate was 3.5 per 100,000 in 2017. That makes metro Baltimore — excluding the core city — one of the safest places in the Western hemisphere, similar to that of Manitoba or Saskatchewan in Canada.

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Amnesty International
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Today we issue a travel warning calling for travelers & visitors to the United States to exercise extreme caution & have a contingency plan when travelling throughout the country. This is due to ongoin rampant gun violence in the United States.