A Beyond militarization: a psychosocial analysis of investment in public security (Spanish)

The systematic commitment to strengthening the security forces and the hardening of anti-violence policies in El Salvador have implied a significant monetary investment in order to eradicate insecurity in the territory. With this premise, the governments have progressively increased the involvement of the Armed Forces in public security tasks, although the Constitution of the Republic establishes that their intervention will be limited to defending the integrity of the territory.