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El Salvador officials and rebel leaders sign the Chapultepec Peace Accords in Mexico City, Mexico ending the 12-year Salvadoran Civil War that claimed at least 75,000 lives.
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Chapultepec Peace Accords
1992 treaty ending the Salvadoran Civil War
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1979–1992 conflict in El Salvador
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