General information
Part of Conflict: El Salvador: Government
Date of first stated goals of incompatibility: 1970-12-31
Comment on date of first stated goal of incompatibility: In 1970 the FPL is established to launch an armed struggle against the government. The members of FPL were to a high degree previous members of the banned communist party (PCS).
Date of first use of armed force: 1974-04-01
Comment on date of first use of armed force: In 1974 political assassinations by the FPL are starting to reach higher in the ranks of the government. In April 1974 the secretary of the presidency is killed by the Farabundo Martà Brigade of FPL. In 1977 the Foreign Minister is kidnapped and later assassinated
First Battle Related Death: 1977-05-11
Comment on First Battle Related Death: FPL killed the kidnapped Foreign Ministerafter their demands had been rejected.
Date when dyad reached 25 battle releated deaths: 1979-09-14
Comment on date when dyad reached 25 battle related deaths: On 23 May 1979 FPL claimed responsibility for the murder of the Minister of Education. On 6 September the FPL claimed responsibility for the murder of the Presidents brother, clashes after the murder led to the death of 14 people on 8-9 September. After a demonstration on 14 September 10 people were killed in clashes between FPL the police and National Guards.
Conflict issues
Annual information
This section contains annual information systematically collected by the UCDP.
1977
| Estimated Fatalities | |
|---|---|
| High | 1 |
| Best | 1 |
| Low | 1 |
Secondary Warring Support:
Side A (Government of El Salvador): n/a
Side B (FPL): n/a
1979
| Estimated Fatalities | |
|---|---|
| High | 80 |
| Best | 80 |
| Low | 0 |
Secondary Warring Support:
Side A (Government of El Salvador): n/a
Side B (FPL): n/a
Dyad Archive
This section contains annual information no longer systematically collected by the UCDP.
1977 Dyad Archive
Negotiations: NO
Victory: NO
Terminated: NO
1979 Dyad Archive
Comment on Active: FPL is involved in a number of attacks and through its popular organisation BPR also in a number of occupations of embassies and the cathedral of San Salvador.
Negotiations: NO
Comment on Negotiations: No negotiations in researched year
Victory: NO
Terminated: YES
Type of termination: Other
Date of termination: 1979-12-31
Comment on Termination: The group was indirectly terminated in May 1980 when it joined with ERP, FARN, and PCS in creating the united rebel organization DRU. In October PRTC joined the groups in DRU and the organization adopted a new name, FMLN, after Farabundo MartÃ, the leader of the 1930s revolt of the coffee plantation workers.
