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Trinidad and Tobago declares emergency as murder rate soars

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President Christine Carla Kangaloo issued the declaration on the advice of Prime Minister Keith Rowley .

The twin-island republic has one of the highest homicide rates in Latin America and the Caribbean .

The country has a record murder tally of more than 620 this year in a population of 1.5 million people.

Organised crime is responsible for the majority of the murders.

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69

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70

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formal

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English

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65

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offensive

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