Honduras, the country with the highest extortion rates in Central America: uncontrolled gangs, an infiltrated state, and 26 massacres in one year, according to a global report

Honduras has been identified as the country with the highest rate of extortion in Central America, according to a recent global crime report. The nation received a score of 9.0 out of 10, marking the most severe level of extortion recorded in the subregion. The report attributes this crisis to the presence of uncontrolled criminal gangs and the infiltration of state institutions, noting that the country experienced 26 massacres within a one-year period.