memeorandum: State Department says US cutting off aid to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras (Greg Clary/CNN)

1:10 AM ET, March 31, 2019

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Greg Clary / CNN:

State Department says US cutting off aid to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras — (CNN)The United States is cutting off aid to the Northern Triangle, otherwise known as the Central American countries of El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, the State Department told CNN Saturday …

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Rachel Frazin / The Hill:
US halting aid to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras

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