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Why did people flee the countries of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras? What was the root cause of violence in these areas?

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families and young women and men in Central America now is to leave or die. They are compelled to leave their homes and risk their lives undertaking dangerous journeys, only to search for a safe place to live. They often arrive only with the clothes they are wearing, traumatized and in need of urgent support.

“We had our own bakery in El Salvador, until gangs arrived, and we could no longer sell bread. We were threatened out of our country.”

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