Delcy Rodriguez He assured this Thursday before the National Assembly that the country registered a rate of 3 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants in 2025a number lower than the 4.1 registered in 2024.
“Venezuela is calm, calm, safe and we reached 3 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants“said Rodríguez.
Rodríguez presented these figures during the rendering of the memory and account of the Governmenton behalf of Nicolas Madurowho He was captured by the United States on January 3 in Caracas and remains arrested in New York.
Rodríguez also highlighted that 2025 was “a very good year”despite the “naval blockade” and “external restrictions”in reference to United States military deployment in the Caribbean Seawhich Maduro had denounced as an attempt to remove him from power.
In November 2025he Minister of the Interior, Diosdado Cabellohe asked install security cameras in most of the national territory to prevent crimes and respond to emergencies.
During an event at Miranda statetransmitted by Venezuelan Television (VTV)Cabello urged the mayors to coordinate with merchants and companies so that your security cameras point towards the street and the surrounding area.
In January of last yearthe director of CICPC, Douglas Ricoreported that Venezuela registered in 2024 a homicide rate of 4.1 per 100,000 inhabitants.
For its part, NGOs like Provea have denounced “illegal cell phone inspection” by police and militarypointing out that this practice has become a common abuseand It is not normal to have to delete messages, photos or social networks for fear that they will be considered “subversive”.
