Salvadoran Civil War

October 15, 1979 – January 16, 1992 · San Salvador

Result Chapultepec Peace Accords

Civil war between El Salvador's US-backed military government and the leftist FMLN guerrillas, marked by death squads and massacres; it ended with the Chapultepec Peace Accords.

Government of El Salvador

Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front

Other

Strength and losses

Killed
10,360
Killed
c. 24,000
Civilian deaths
65,161

Battles and events 1

Before and after

Ended by
Chapultepec Peace Accords January 16, 1992

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