▁both ▁sides . ▁It ▁also ▁included ▁the ▁deliber ate ▁terror izing ▁and ▁target ing ▁of ▁civ ili ans ▁by ▁death ▁squad s , ▁rec ruit ment ▁of ▁child ▁soldiers ▁and ▁other ▁viol ations ▁of ▁human ▁rights , ▁mostly ▁by ▁the ▁military . ▁An ▁unknown ▁number ▁of ▁people ▁disappeared ▁during ▁the ▁conflict , ▁and ▁the ▁UN ▁reports ▁that ▁more ▁than ▁ 7 5 , 0 0 0 ▁were ▁killed . ▁ ▁On ▁top ▁of ▁the ▁rec urr ing ▁natural ▁dis aster s ▁such ▁as ▁massive ▁destruct ive ▁earth qu akes , ▁cycl onic ▁systems ▁and ▁vol can ic ▁activity , ▁the ▁constant ▁war ▁atmosphere ▁in ▁El ▁Salvador ▁including ▁the ▁pre histor ic ▁wars ▁in ▁Mes o amer ica ▁times ▁the ▁colon ization ▁of ▁the ▁Sp ani ards , ▁the ▁independence ▁wars , ▁the ▁opp ression ▁of ▁later ▁r uth less ▁dict ator ships , ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 2 ▁ind igen ous ▁mass acre , ▁the ▁Central ▁American ▁proxy ▁wars ▁in ▁the ▁ 7 0 ' s , ▁the ▁civil ▁war ▁in ▁El ▁Salvador ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s ▁and ▁the ▁current ▁gang ▁war , ▁have ▁all ▁put ▁a ▁heavy ▁h inder - age ▁in ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁El ▁Salvador ▁and ▁left ▁the ▁Salvador an ▁society ▁vulner able ▁and ▁pr one ▁to ▁inter person al ▁violence ▁ ▁The ▁ex od us ▁of ▁Salvador ans ▁was ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁both ▁economic ▁and ▁political ▁problems . ▁The ▁largest ▁imm igration ▁wave ▁occurred ▁as ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁the ▁Salvador an ▁Civil ▁War ▁in