We had to do that in my native Peru. The Maoist terrorism problem was so bad the president had to use dead squads. The Maoists retreated to the jungle and gave up their political aspirations, now they just produce cocaine.

Unfortunately, the president was latter arrested and is now in jail because of his use of death squads (that and he stole a bunch of gold and fled to Japan to avoid corruption charges). They pretty much arrest all of the ex-presidents in Peru.