Chicago, Detroit, New Orleans, Oakland and Baltimore failed to make the top 10 list and Stockton, California didn't even make it into the top 50
According to the Citizen Council for Public Security, Justice and Peace, a Mexico-based think tank, the Honduran city of San Pedro Sula, population about 875,000, is the most violent city in the world, with at least three murders reported there each day.
San Pedro Sula recorded 1,218 homicides in 2012. It was followed by Acapulco, Mexico, Caracas, Venezuela and Distrito Central, Honduras. Thirty-nine of the 50 cities on the CCPSJP list are in Latin America.
The first American city on the list is New Orleans, which comes in at number 17. Also on the list are Detroit (21), St. Louis (40), Baltimore (41), and Oakland (43).
Here is the CCPSJP ranking of the 10 most violent cities in the world:
1. San Pedro Sula, Honduras
2. Acapulco, México
3. Caracas, Venezuela
4. Distrito Central, Honduras
5. Torreón, México
6. Maceió, Brazil
7.Cali, Colombia
8. Nuevo Laredo, México
9. Barquisimeto, Venezuela
10. João Pessoa, Brazil
I know that Bob Walsh will be deeply disappointed that his hometown of Stockton failed to make the list.
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Deeply disappointed and almost inconsolable. Such is life.
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