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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/26/latin-america-murder-crisis-violence-homicide-report
Latin America suffers 33% of the world's homicides despite having only 8% of its population. One-quarter of all global homicides are concentrated in four countries – Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Venezuela
... young Latin Americans are disproportionately affected, with nearly half of all homicide victims aged 15–29. It also denounces the "astonishingly" large role of guns.