The person who carries out commissioned killings and takes this as his job or livelihood is called a “hitman”. How it involves damage to third parties is considered a crime and, depending on the circumstances surrounding the fact, the penalty can vary considerably. These saw the light in times of the Roman Empire, where they were hired by prominent politicians to assassinate those who opposed them and, in addition, they were known to use daggers and mourn the death of their victims to escape all suspicion. Currently, this is an activity that has been booming, with the existence of drug trafficking cartels that operate throughout the planet.
The word "sicario" has its origin from the Latin word "sicarius", considered the plural of "sicarium"; This is formed by the word “sica”, which is translated as dagger, which refers to the ease with which the assassins hid their weapons in the folds of their robes. It was quite typical for them to attack on feast days, when large crowds gathered; When the funeral parties of the victim arrived, they presented themselves with the rest of the townand they lamented in public, to evade any suspicion. During the time of the empire, the regulation of the penalties against the hitmen was quite notorious and that they were manifested in the Lex Cornelia de Sicariis et Veneficis (Cornelia Law on Stabbers and Poisoners), published around 81 BC. C.
Currently, most of the hit men are around the ages of 16 and 23, since employers look for minors due to their legal status. Honduras is one of the countries in which these rates have been on the rise, especially due to the low quality of life and the violence that exists in the streets.
