This month the Nain-Retamal law was approved, an extension of the powers of the Carabineros in Chile.
The measure extends the use of self-defense by agents, something that has been pointed out as a risk to human rights.
The law is the latest controversy in a shift in security policies by the government of Gabriel Boric.
The president had been critical of the role of law enforcement during the 2019 social outbreak. His detractors point to it as one of the factors that weakened confidence in the Carabineros.
But a wave of assassinations of agents, the accelerated migratory flow and the presence of organized crime in the country have led Boric to back down and approach the police and the Army.
Decisions such as extending the state of emergency in Araucanía to contain the indigenous conflict or involving the military more actively on the northern border have caused disenchantment among the social sectors that supported him, while for his opponents, the measures are not enough to counter their contrary positions from the past.
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