1,430 Murders In Jamaica Last Year

For years Jamaica has maintained the contradiction of being one of the most beautiful and welcoming islands in the Caribbean, with friendly people and the legacy of Bob Marley, while also having one of the highest murder rates per capita in the world.
In 2010 there were 1,430 murders in Jamaica, all unseen from the fenced-in, luxury hotels visited by over 100,000 British holidaymakers.
Attracting mounting international concern, as well as the attention of the UN, is the increasing number of extrajudicial killings by the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF), which has adopted a heavy-handed approach to combating violence.
Last year officers shot dead 382 people.