One Saturday morning in September, four men burst into Miguel Ángel Bravo's home in a quiet, middle-class neighbourhood of Santiago, Chile’s capital.
The 61-year-old accountant, who lives with his wife and daughter, had set the alarm and locked the gate the night before.
But four armed attackers easily overcame those defences, stormed into his bedroom, beat him with an iron bar, stole his wallet and phone, and fled in his car.
Such attacks were almost unheard of in Chile a decade ago.
But in recent years, the country has seen a surge in armed robberies, kidnappings and murders, turning security into a national obsession that is driving voters to the right ahead of presidential elections on November 16.
After nearly four years of centre-left rule, polls show Chileans clamouring for order and authority, with gro
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