<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Salvadoran Civil War </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Part of the Central American crisis and Cold War </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> A billboard serving as a reminder of one of many massacres that occurred during the Civil War in El Salvador . The Spanish inscription to the left reads in English : `` They tore out the flower , however the roots are sprouting among us . '' </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 15 October 1979 -- 16 January 1992 ( 12 years , 3 months and 1 day ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> El Salvador </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> <P> Chapultepec Peace Accords of 1992 ; </P> <Ul> <Li> Restructuring of Salvadoran Armed Forces </Li> <Li> National Guard , National Police and Treasury Police are dissolved ( new civilian - overseen police created ) </Li> <Li> FMLN guerrilla are dissolved </Li> <Li> FMLN becomes a political party , its combatants are exonerated </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Salvadoran military government </P> <Ul> <Li> Paramilitary death squads </Li> <Li> Foreign mercenaries ( unknown number , possibly hundreds ) </Li> </Ul> <P> Supported by </P> United States Chile Argentina ( 1979 -- 1982 ) Israel Taiwan </Td> <Td> <P> FMLN ( CRM ) </P> <Ul> <Li> FDR </Li> <Li> FPL </Li> <Li> RN ( FAPU ) </Li> <Li> PRTC ( MLP ) </Li> <Li> PCS </Li> </Ul> <P> Supported by </P> Cuba Nicaragua ( 1979 -- 1990 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Roberto D'Aubuisson Álvaro Magaña José Guillermo García José Napoleón Duarte Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova Alfredo Cristiani </Td> <Td> Schafik Handal Joaquín Villalobos Cayetano Carpio Salvador Sánchez Cerén </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> 9,850 ( 1980 ) 39,000 -- 51,150 ( 1985 ) </P> 63,000 -- 70,000 Some 55,000 Regulars and 15,000 paramilitary ( 1992 ) </Td> <Td> <P> 12,000 -- 15,000 ( 1984 ) </P> 6,000 -- 15,000 ( 1985 ) ( probably 10,000 ) 8,000 -- 10,000 ( 1992 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 7,000 dead </Td> <Td> 20,000 dead </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> 70,000 -- 80,000 ( total dead ) ; 8,000 disappeared ; 550,000 internally displaced and 500,000 refugees in other countries </Td> </Tr> </Table>
<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Salvadoran Civil War </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Part of the Central American crisis and Cold War </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> A billboard serving as a reminder of one of many massacres that occurred during the Civil War in El Salvador . The Spanish inscription to the left reads in English : `` They tore out the flower , however the roots are sprouting among us . '' </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 15 October 1979 -- 16 January 1992 ( 12 years , 3 months and 1 day ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> El Salvador </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> <P> Chapultepec Peace Accords of 1992 ; </P> <Ul> <Li> Restructuring of Salvadoran Armed Forces </Li> <Li> National Guard , National Police and Treasury Police are dissolved ( new civilian - overseen police created ) </Li> <Li> FMLN guerrilla are dissolved </Li> <Li> FMLN becomes a political party , its combatants are exonerated </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Salvadoran military government </P> <Ul> <Li> Paramilitary death squads </Li> <Li> Foreign mercenaries ( unknown number , possibly hundreds ) </Li> </Ul> <P> Supported by </P> United States Chile Argentina ( 1979 -- 1982 ) Israel Taiwan </Td> <Td> <P> FMLN ( CRM ) </P> <Ul> <Li> FDR </Li> <Li> FPL </Li> <Li> RN ( FAPU ) </Li> <Li> PRTC ( MLP ) </Li> <Li> PCS </Li> </Ul> <P> Supported by </P> Cuba Nicaragua ( 1979 -- 1990 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Roberto D'Aubuisson Álvaro Magaña José Guillermo García José Napoleón Duarte Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova Alfredo Cristiani </Td> <Td> Schafik Handal Joaquín Villalobos Cayetano Carpio Salvador Sánchez Cerén </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> 9,850 ( 1980 ) 39,000 -- 51,150 ( 1985 ) </P> 63,000 -- 70,000 Some 55,000 Regulars and 15,000 paramilitary ( 1992 ) </Td> <Td> <P> 12,000 -- 15,000 ( 1984 ) </P> 6,000 -- 15,000 ( 1985 ) ( probably 10,000 ) 8,000 -- 10,000 ( 1992 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 7,000 dead </Td> <Td> 20,000 dead </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> 70,000 -- 80,000 ( total dead ) ; 8,000 disappeared ; 550,000 internally displaced and 500,000 refugees in other countries </Td> </Tr> </Table>
what was the outcome of the el salvador civil war
what was the outcome of the el salvador civil war
Restructuring of Salvadoran Armed Forces new civilian - overseen police created FMLN guerrilla are dissolved FMLN becomes a political party , its combatants are exonerated
Restructuring of Salvadoran Armed Forces new civilian - overseen police created FMLN guerrilla are dissolved FMLN becomes a political party , its combatants are exonerated