Civil War Ends in El Salvador With Signing of Treaty.
San Salvador—With ringing church bells and exploding fireworks…thousands of Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front guerrillas and their supporters celebrated the end of a 12-year civil war…Francisca Merina looked over the packed plaza with wide eyes. “I came to show my support for so much hope. The armed forces recruited my son eight years ago. They wouldn’t give him back to me…later they brought him to me dead.”