In March 1982, the bodies of guerrilla fighters killed in a gun battle by soldiers of the El Salvadoran government army in the slum of San Antonio Abad in the capital city of San Salvador were loaded onto a truck.

　　In March 1982, a gun battle broke out in the slum of San Antonio Abad on the outskirts of San Salvador, the capital of El Salvador. Around 15 people were killed on both sides, the government forces and the guerrillas. El Salvadoran government soldiers loaded the bodies of the guerrillas they had killed in the shootout onto a truck. The El Salvadoran government soldiers threw the bodies of the guerrillas they had killed into the truck carelessly, as if they were just a load. The soldiers who pulled up the bodies were holding machetes in their hands and were laughing. In the alley where the soldiers had fired their guns, they were dragging the bodies of the guerrillas they had killed.

　　In San Antonio Abad, at the end of an alley, there was the body of a young female guerrilla who had been killed by having a knife plunged into her chest, and the puddle of blood next to her was red. Government soldiers kicked in the doors of private houses and dragged out a married couple, assaulting and interrogating them. The slum of San Antonio Abad, on the outskirts of the capital San Salvador, became a base for guerrillas and was caught up in the civil war with the government army.

　In 1980, five left-wing groups that had been engaged in guerrilla warfare formed the Farandula Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN). In 1981, the FMLN launched an offensive, but the Salvadoran government army, which was backed by the United States support, the El Salvadoran government army used overwhelming military force to sweep out the guerrillas. During the 10-year civil war, around 500,000 people lost their homes and jobs, and around 70,000 people died. A far-right assassination squad carried out a campaign of terror, massacring reformists. During the 12-year civil war that ran from October 15, 1979 to January 16, 1992, around 500,000 people lost their homes and jobs, and around 70,000 people died. The far-right assassination squad carried out a campaign of terror, massacring the reformists. Around 10,360 government troops died, and between 12,274 and 20,000 FMLN troops died, while around 65,161 civilians died. Approximately 550,000 people were displaced within the country, and approximately 500,000 became refugees abroad. The Salvadoran Civil War ended with the signing of the Chapultepec Peace Agreement on January 16, 1992. This treaty established peace between the Salvadoran government and the FMLN, and the FMLN participated in presidential elections as a political party from 1994.