Murders in Panama continued at over one a day in 2018  with a total of 414   ten  less than the previous year with firearms  used in  295 cases, while there  were  59 stabbing deaths

Men accounted for 368 deaths and 6 children died as a result of the violence in the country.

Weapons in the hands of criminals, gang members or organized crime accounted for 70% of the killings.