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Battle of Chalchuapa

1885 · 19th century

The Battle of Chalchuapa was fought on 2 April 1885 near the town of Chalchuapa in western El Salvador. The Guatemalan president Justo Rufino Barrios, who had proclaimed the union of Central America and invaded El Salvador to impose it by force, was killed in the fighting. His death ended the campaign and with it the attempt to reunite the isthmus under Guatemalan leadership.

Battle of Chalchuapa
Image: Revista Guatemala, 1887 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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