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No one was murdered in El Salvador on Saturday, officials said, in what was the first homicide-free day in nearly three years, Reuters reported.

"After years when the number of murders reached alarming levels of up to 18 per day, we saw not one homicide in the country," President Mauricio Funes said.

The murder-free day was the first recorded since Funes took office in June 2009.

According to United Nations data, El Salvador has recently tallied a homicide rate of 66 per 100,000 people, one of the highest in the world.

Much of that violence is blamed on Mexican drug cartels that use the country as a transit point.

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周日薩爾瓦多無(wú)謀殺

???????據(jù)路透社報(bào)道，官員表示，薩爾瓦多周日無(wú)人遭謀殺，這是近三年來(lái)首個(gè)無(wú)謀殺案的一天。

???????毛里西奧·富內(nèi)斯總統(tǒng)說(shuō)：“數(shù)年間當(dāng)謀殺案數(shù)量一度高達(dá)令人擔(dān)憂的每日18起后，我們看到國(guó)內(nèi)無(wú)謀殺案發(fā)生的一天。”

???????這個(gè)無(wú)謀殺案的一天也是富內(nèi)斯2009年6月上任后首個(gè)記錄在案的。

???????據(jù)聯(lián)合國(guó)的數(shù)據(jù)顯示，薩爾瓦多最近的謀殺率攀升至10萬(wàn)分之66，是世界上最高的謀殺率之一。

???????大多數(shù)謀殺都是墨西哥販毒集團(tuán)制造的，他們把該國(guó)當(dāng)成中轉(zhuǎn)站。

(China.org.cn April 17, 2012)