Date 15 October 1979 -- 16 January 1992 (12 years, 3 months and 1 day) Location El Salvador Result Chapultepec Peace Accords of 1992; Restructuring of Salvadoran Armed Forces National Guard, National Police and Treasury Police are dissolved (new civilian - overseen police created) FMLN guerrilla are dissolved FMLN becomes a political party, its combatants are exonerated
when did the el salvador civil war end
16 January 1992