The Good and Bad Life in Belize
By: Sam Litchfield
Gang Problems in Belize
When you think of Belize, you think of a beautiful beach with a rain forest behind it. Belize has one of the world's highest homicide rates, because of gang violence. Belize asked U.S. for assistance against the gangs. On May of 2012, a four person CSO showed up in Belize City. They were going to work with RESTORE Belize -- the crime-prevention and social development wing of the prime minister's office -- and with its community partners to solve this gang violence. These particular gangs kill and injure many people. The government is trying to negotiate with the gangs to stop killing people. Many citizens are even scared to go to work and they will start loosing jobs and become a poor family. Many family members, after becoming poor, go to a gang and kill their own family, has happend many times before.
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Solutions to the Gang Violence in Belize
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Sources
- https://blogs.state.gov/stories/.../defusing-gang-problems-belize
- myhandinhand.org/immersion-trips/belize/
- www.insightcrime.org/.../belize-gang-violence-spikes-months-after-ceasefire-attempt
- www.insightcrime.org/.../money-runs-out-for-belize-gang-truce