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    El Salvador Transnational Issues - 2004
    http://www.immigration-usa.com/wfb2004/el_salvador/el_salvador_issues.html
    SOURCE: 2004 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

      Disputes - international:
      in 1992, the ICJ ruled on the delimitation of "bolsones" (disputed areas) along the El Salvador-Honduras boundary, and the OAS is assisting with a technical resolution of undemarcated bolsones; in 2003, the ICJ rejected El Salvador's request to revise its decision on one part of the bolsones; the 1992 ICJ ruling advised a tripartite resolution to a maritime boundary in the Gulf of Fonseca with consideration of Honduran access to the Pacific; El Salvador continues to claim tiny Conejo Island, not mentioned by the ICJ, off Honduras in the Gulf de Fonseca

      Illicit drugs:
      transshipment point for cocaine; small amounts of marijuana produced for local consumption; domestic cocaine abuse on the rise


      NOTE: The information regarding El Salvador on this page is re-published from the 2004 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of El Salvador Transnational Issues 2004 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about El Salvador Transnational Issues 2004 should be addressed to the CIA.

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