Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Mai i te tau 1979 ki te tau 1992, i taupokina a El Salvador e te pakanga toto
te pakanga ā-iwi. I te wa o te pakanga, he maha nga mano o nga taangata o El Salvador i rere atu i te whenua ki Mexico i reira te nuinga i noho ai, i haere tonu ranei ki te United States. I te tau 1992, i hainatia e te kawanatanga o Salvadorean me te FMLN he kirimana rangimarie i Mexico City e mohiotia ana ko te Chapultepec Peace Accords, na reira ka mutu te pakanga a iwi.