Law enforcement in Guatemala, mainly performed by the civilian-led National Civil Police (PNC), yet assisted by its military, which has a poor record with regard to human rights violations. During President general Otto Pérez Molina, elected in 2012, stepped up the use of military reinforcement in the country's law enforcement, which was introduced in 2005 as a 'temporary measure' yet lasted several electoral periods. During the country's civil war from 1960 to 1996, 200,000 people were killed and 45,000 forcibly disappeared.