Question: when did the el salvador civil war end
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