The rate of violent crime in Venezuela has fallen sharply during the past couple of years. Its capital Caracas, deemed one of the world’s most dangerous cities, saw a twenty-five percent decline in homicides since last year. Crime overall, according to one source, declined by 32 percent.
A spokesman for the Venezuelan Violence Observatory offers the following explanation for the present trend: “Crime is falling in Venezuela because of the destruction of the country’s economy . . . because of the loss of opportunities for crime.”
As large numbers of illegal aliens from Venezuela have entered the United States, we have seen a number of high-profile comes with Venezuelans charged as the perpetrators. It appears that they have come to America to pursue their dreams for a better life of lawbreaking. Here these hardened felons will have the opportunity to commit crimes that most American criminals refuse to do.
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