EL SALVADOR. Intipuca, La Union. 26 September, 2018. Maria Agustina Marquez, 74, sits in her bed behind a mosquitoes net accompanied by her granddaughter, 8-year-old Dania, inside the home they share on the outskirts of Intipuca. Agustina's son and Dina's father migrated to the United States but is unable to help with remittances on a regular basis. Some 5.3 million Central American immigrants live in the United States, 2.9 million of them from El Salvador, a country of just 6.3 million people whose recent history has been blighted by civil war, gang violence, and economic struggles.