In order to reduce cases of gunshot while riding a motorcycle run, Honduras impose rules that limit the number of people who ride motorcycles, motorcycle ie one single person, there should be no pillion.Honduras legislative council on Wednesday (07/12/2011) night, approved the new law. The reason is, many armed men firing away to attack their victims in recent years. The bike has been used in several acts of murder of a famous person in Honduras, including the shooting to death a journalist Luz Marina Paz and former government minister Alfredo Landaverde security this week.
"Given the current security situation, we believe the right answer is only one person at a time that is allowed on a motorcycle," said Bonilla Popeyo Security Minister in front of the legislature.
The unusual ballot was conducted at the request of President Porfirio Lobo, who is struggling to reduce the crime rate in Honduras, which has become one of the most dangerous country in the world. Until the end of 2011, Honduras seems to have the highest murder rates in the world, 86 per 100,000 residents, said Supervisory Board of Violence in Tegucigalpa, the UN-backed monitoring. The average has been 20 murders a day in 2011, 85 percent of which is caused by shootings.
Last year, 11 journalists were killed in the country. Safety of citizens in the country declined since the army-backed coup in June 2009.
Honduras has become a haven of cocaine from South America toward the United States. Narcotics gangs have better weapons than the police, and have money to bribe law enforcement and politicians, said AFP.
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