Five of the 10 most violent cities in the world are in Mexico, according to a study of the Citizen Council for Public Safety and Criminal Justice, which placed the Honduras San Pedro Sula at number one in the ranking of the 50 cities more violent, with a rate of 159 murders per 100,000 inhabitants.
This is the list of the top 5 Most Dangerous Cities in the World
1. San Pedro Sula, Honduras
2. Ciudad Juarez, Mexico
3. Maceió, Brazil
4. Acapulco, Mexico
5. Central District, Honduras
6. Caracas, Venezuela
7. Keep, Mexico
8. Chihuahua, Mexico
9. Durango, Mexico
10. Belém, Brazil
11. Cali, Colombia
12. Guatemala City, Guatemala
13. Culiacan, Mexico
14. Medellin, Colombia
15. Mazatlan, Mexico
16. Tepic, Mexico
17. Vitoria, Brazil
18. Veracruz, Mexico
19. Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela
20. San Salvador, El Salvador
21. New Orleans, EU
22. Savior, Brazil
23, Cucuta, Colombia
24. Barquisimeto, Venezuela
25. San Juan, Puerto Rico
26. Manaus, Brazil
27. São Luís, Brazil
28. Nuevo Laredo, Mexico
29. João Pessoa, Brazil
30. Detroit, EU
31. Cuiabá, Brazil
32. Recife, Brazil
33. Kingston, Jamaica
34. Cape Town, South Africa
35. Pereira, Colombia
36. Macapá, Brazil
37. Fortress, Brazil
38. Monterrey, Mexico
39. Curitiba, Brazil
40. Goiânia, Brazil
41. Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa
42. Barranquilla, Colombia
43. San Luis, EU
44. Mosul, Iraq
45. Belo Horizonte, Brazil
46. Panama City, Panama
47. Cuernavaca, Mexico
48. Baltimore, EU
49. Durban, South Africa
50. Johannesburg, South Africa