Cika wannan jumla:
yakin basasa tsakanin 1980 da 1992 sojojin Salvadoran da babbar kungiyar adawa, "Frente Farabundo Martí de Liberación National" (FMLN)"," sun dauki yara da yawa. An yi amfani da karfi da karfi da karfi kuma an mayar da hankali ga yankunan da aka hana tattalin arziki. Kashi ɗaya cikin biyar na ma'aikatan sojojin ba su kai shekara 18 ba, kamar yadda kashi ɗaya cikin huɗu na FMLN. A cikin rukuni na 278 tsoffin sojojin yara na FMLN da aka yi hira da su don binciken, matsakaicin shekarun daukar ma'aikata ya kai shekaru 10. Mafi yawan yara da aka dauka a bangarorin biyu suna rayuwa cikin talauci, kuma an hana su ilimi. Yara da yawa da ba a tilasta musu ba sun shiga aikin da son ransu, musamman don su kyautata yanayinsu ko kuma domin sun gaskata da abin da ake yi.