EL SALVADOR. Intipuca, La Union. 25 September, 2018. Street scene in the town of Intipuca, a town known for the number of immigrants that now live in the United States. In Intipuca central square, Emigrants Park, boasts a monument to local farmer Sigfredo Chavez, who slung his backpack over his shoulder in 1967 and headed for the United States, becoming the first Intipucan to make the journey. 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.