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Article: El Salvador, Intelligence and Security
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El Salvador, Intelligence and Security
El Salvador won its independence from Spain in 1821, and joined the Central American Federation. The nation left the Federation in 1839, establishing its own government. Political rivalry has been endemic in El Salvador, reaching a climax in 1980 when the country erupted in civil war. In 1992, leftist rebel guerrillas and the El Salvadoran government signed a peace treaty. Specified in the agreement were numerous government and military reforms desired by opposition forces. Some of these reforms extended to the El Salvadoran intelligence and security community.
Reforms continue today, but the intelligence community of El Salvador underwent ...