1993–1995 Salvadoran legislature attacks

From 1993 to 1995, former soldiers of the Armed Forces of El Salvador (FAES) stormed the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador on four separate occasions to demand financial compensation for their service during the Salvadoran Civil War (1979–1992). The unrest followed the Chapultepec Peace Accords, signed on 16 January 1992 by the Salvadoran government and the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), which ended the civil war and mandated restructuring of the country's security forces. As part of this process, the National Police, National Guard, and Treasury Police were dissolved and replaced by the National Civil Police, several FAES divisions were disbanded, and around 35,000 soldiers and police officers were discharged, some replaced by former FMLN combatants under the accords.

In 1993, former FAES soldiers first stormed the Legislative Assembly. In July 1994, they returned to demand indemnities for demobilized soldiers; the situation was resolved peacefully through mediation by the United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador (ONUSAL), with the government agreeing to make the requested payments.

On 26 September 1994, hundreds of former soldiers affiliated with the Association of Demobilized Members of the Armed Forces of El Salvador (ADEFAES), armed with sticks and machetes, stormed the Legislative Assembly demanding an indemnity of US$1,450 per person, land allotments, and additional bonuses for those who fought in rural combat against the FMLN. They initially took roughly 200 people hostage, releasing most but holding around 29 legislators for a time. The attack took place while President Calderón Sol was attending the UN General Assembly. Hostage deputies formed a negotiating commission, while a separate government-ONUSAL commission offered talks conditioned on the soldiers' withdrawal, which they refused. After about 48 hours, the crisis ended when the government agreed to review each former soldier's case individually and expand benefits to former civil defense members; no formal amnesty was granted, though the government discouraged prosecutions, and some hostage-taken deputies later filed lawsuits.

In January 1995, ADEFAES escalated further. Following a 3 January protest, roughly 6,000 armed former soldiers attacked the Legislative Assembly, the Ministry of Finance, and other government buildings on 24 January, blocking streets and taking about 2,500 laborers and 13 deputies hostage. Police killed one former soldier and injured two others during the initial attack. Salvadoran political parties jointly condemned the actions on 25 January, and on 26 January ADEFAES ended its occupation after the government reiterated its commitment to pay indemnities.

In August 1995, ADEFAES members occupied the Institute of Agrarian Transformation for six hours seeking larger loans, vacating after riot police arrived, with the government promising to accelerate land allocations to former soldiers.