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Throughout this book, I have been arguing that Mano Dura polices have increased social violence in the country, particularly among the maras. The fact that Honduras has one of the highest homicide rates on the planet indicates that Mano Dura policies and government repression have done little to improve the current situation.
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© 2013 Lirio Gutiérrez Rivera
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Rivera, L.G. (2013). Geographies of Violence. In: Territories of Violence. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137027955_8
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