Pariona also argues that expanding the role of the armed forces in public security can increase the risk of disproportionate use of force and new human rights violations. Between late 2022 and early 2023, Dina Boluarte’s government again deployed the armed forces to control protests that followed Pedro Castillo’s ouster. The decision allowed the immediate deployment of troops to the streets and transferred responsibility for public security and prison control to the armed forces. According to an Amnesty International report, the investigations progressed slowly and were hampered by a lack of cooperation from the armed forces. Within this framework, the Salvadoran Armed Forces (FAES) have assumed a leading and permanent role in public security, blurring the constitutional boundaries established after the 1992 Peace Accords.