El Salvador President Nayib Bukele made an unusual offer to Secretary of State Marco Rubio. He proposed that the United ...

In this handout picture provided by the Salvadoran presidency inmates observe from a cell inside the mega- prison Terrorist Confinement Centre (CECOT) on June 11, 2024 in Tecoluca, El Salvador.

Donald Trump has been offered the use of El Salvador’s infamous mega-prison as he seeks to deport criminals from the US. His secretary of state Marco Rubio described Salvadoran President Nayib ...

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 SAN SALVADOR ...

But the proposal has drawn attention to the prisons that Mr. Bukele has used in recent years to cripple the gangs that once ran rampant in El Salvador. They have become symbols of his strength and ...

Migrants deported from the US, and even “dangerous” American citizens convicted of heinous crimes could be headed to a notorious hellhole prison in El Salvador, where inmates live in ...

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — The Trump administration and the president of El Salvador said Monday that they'd struck a deal allowing the U.S. to ship both detained migrants and imprisoned ...

What to Know About El Salvador's Mega-Prison After Trump Deal to Send People There SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — The Trump administration and the president of El Salvador said Monday that ...

Bukele ordered the mega-prison built as he began his campaign against El Salvador’s gangs in March 2022. It opened a year later in the town of Tecoluca, about 45 miles east of the capital.