Already during 1981. more than 9.000 persons have been slain. so that. since the escalation in American military aid. the rate of killing has increased. not decreased. Thousands more persons have been wounded. And the United Nations High Commission for Refugees now estimates that at least 600.000 Salvadorans. or fully 12 percent of the population of El Salvador. have been displaced. This includes 100.000 refugees in Mexico. 60.000 in Guatemala. 45.000 in Honduras. 10.000 each in Costa Rica and Nicaragua. 15.000 in Panama. and 5.000 in Belize. The vast majority is made up of women. children. and older people. The International Commission of Jurists. in their June 1981 review of human rights in El Salvador. amply document these abuses and violations.
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