A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_Salvadoran_coup_d'état" id="mwpA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1979 Salvadoran coup d'état">coup d'état</a> in El Salvador overthrows President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Humberto_Romero" id="mwpQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Carlos Humberto Romero">Carlos Humberto Romero</a> and begins the 12 year-long <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvadoran_Civil_War" id="mwpg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Salvadoran Civil War">Salvadoran Civil War</a>.<sup about="#mwt55" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{"name":"beverley"},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-beverley-9"}}' id="cite_ref-beverley_9-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./October_15#cite_note-beverley-9" id="mwpw" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 9;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwqA">[9]</span></a></sup>