Question: what was the outcome of the el salvador civil war
Answer: '' 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 Belligerents Salvadoran military government Paramilitary death squads Foreign mercenaries ( unknown number , possibly hundreds ) Supported by United States Chile Argentina ( 1979 -- 1982 ) Israel Taiwan FMLN ( CRM ) FDR FPL RN ( FAPU ) PRTC ( MLP ) PCS Supported by Cuba Nicaragua ( 1979 -- 1990 ) Commanders and leaders Roberto D'Aubuisson Álvaro Magaña José Guillermo García José Napoleón Duarte Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova Alfredo Cristiani Sch