Failed Promises

Despite the reforms and provisions called for in the Chapultepec Agreement what followed the end of the civil war the Salvadoran government did not upheld their side of the agreement.

While the FMLN demobilized and dismantled its military structure by 1993, the government claimed to have reduced their troop levels and dissolved certain units but moved these units into the police. The Salvadoran government resisted the police reform order by transferring military personnel into the police force. The land reform failed as well with slow movement by the government. The Supreme Court did not resign. Due to the call by the FMLN for objective foreign members to make up the Truth Commission and the time limit placed by the UN, the Commission’s investigation was limited and recommendations were ignored.

The Salvadoran government's handling of the military even after the war ended was still questionable at best.  Even though the miltary's size was decreased by 50%, the Salvadoran government was still spending almost $10 million on the military in the first post-war year, only a 6% decrease from the previous year.  On top of the government still spending too much money on the miltary after the peace accords instead of using the money to improve its impoverished country, there were still rumors of the miltary causing trouble for civilians in rural Salvadoran areas even after the war was suppose to be over.