The Salvadoran Mega-Prison Offering to Take America’s Worst Criminals
The lockup currently houses thousands of members of gangs that terrorized the Central American country for decades.
CECOT: Inside the Mega-Prison El Salvador Has Offered Up for Trump's Use
Prisoners spend 23.5 hours a day locked in their cells, with a brief, daily 30-minute window for exercise or religious activities in a central hallway.
Explainer - What Is El Salvador's Mega-Prison That Could Take US Criminals?
President Bukele, who labels himself as the "coolest dictator" and a "philosopher king," has built election success and immense popularity on an extreme security policy to combat gang violence in El Salvador, incarcerating large quantities of alleged gang members and securing a massive drop in homicides.
What is El Salvador’s mega-prison that could take US criminals?
On Monday, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced during a visit to El Salvador that Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has offered to incarcerate criminals deported from the U.S. in the Central American country’s CECOT mega-prison.
What to know about El Salvador's mega-prison after Trump deal to send people there
The Trump administration and the president of El Salvador said they struck a deal allowing the U.S. to ship detained migrants and imprisoned criminals to a mega-prison there
Bukele Offers El Salvador’s Infamous Prison in Bid to Charm Trump
Unlike other Latin American leaders, El Salvador’s president is more than embracing US plans to move millions of undocumented migrants off its soil
El Salvador’s Prisons Are Notorious. Will They House Trump’s Deportees?
President Nayib Bukele has offered to jail deported criminals from the United States. His prisons have earned him a reputation as being tough on crime, but have raised alarms over rights abuses.
El Salvador's 'Hell on Earth' jail full of killers where Trump wants to send criminals
Trump this week agreed an "unprecedented, extraordinary migratory agreement" with El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele to ...
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'No way out': Grim conditions in El Salvador's mega-prison for gangs
Confined to their cells for all but 30 minutes a day, denied visits, forced to sleep on stainless steel cots without ...