WORLD : Medellin ’89 Toll: 4,015 Slayings
<i> From Times wire services</i>
BOGOTA, Colombia —
A record 4,015 murders were committed in the cocaine capital of Medellin in 1989, authorities said today.
The city morgue in Medellin said murders increased last year to 4,015 from 3,299 in 1988, a rise of 22%.
Gunfire caused 3,546 of the deaths, said Cesar Augusto Giraldo, the head of the morgue. He said he does not break down the deaths according to types of violence and could not say how many were drug-related.
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