Speaker. in yesmany of my colleagues discussed the question of violence in El Salvador. Today. we want to talk about the thousands of victims of that violence. More than 12.000 people have been killed in El Salvador since the military and the Christian Democratic Party assumed control of the junta in January of last year. Tens of thousands more have been forced to seek shelter in refugee camps located within El Salvador itself. across the northern border in Honduras. or in other parts of Central America. In addition. Salvadorans have come in increasing numbers to the United States in search of temporary safety from the violence and danger at home.