Kammala jumlar da ke gaba: Rikicin 'yan bindiga ya zama matsala mai wuya ga El Salvador a cikin shekarun 1990 da farkon 2000s, a lokacin da ake samun ci gaba a cikin' yan bindiga.
yakin basasa na kasar. A lokacin wannan yaƙin, ɗaruruwan dubban Salvadorans sun gudu zuwa Amurka, da yawa daga cikinsu sun zauna a Los Angeles. A Kudancin California ne aka kafa manyan ƙungiyoyi biyu na Amurka ta Tsakiya, Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) da Calle 18. Bayan an gama Yaƙin Basasa na Salvadoran, Amirka ta soma korar dubban 'yan ƙungiyar da aka kama. Wannan ya kawo ƙungiyoyin 'yan daba a kan titi zuwa El Salvador; ƙungiyoyin biyu da sauri suka zama manyan ƙungiyoyin aikata laifi a ƙasar. Adadin kisan kai a ƙasar ya ƙaru zuwa 139 cikin mutane 100,000 a shekara ta 1995, ya sa El Salvador ta zama ɗaya daga cikin ƙasashe mafi mugunta a duniya.