Kubva muna 1979 kusvika muna 1992, muEl Salvador makanga muine hondo yevagari vomunyika imwe chete yaiurayisa vanhu vakawanda
. Mukati mehondo, zviuru zvinoverengeka zvevagari veEl Salvador vakatiza nyika vachienda kuMexico uko vazhinji vakagara kana kuti vakapfuurira kuenda kuUnited States. Muna 1992, hurumende yeSalvador neFMLN dzakasainirana chibvumirano chorugare muMexico City chinozivikanwa seChapultepec Peace Agreements nokudaro zvichigumisa hondo yevagari vemo.