El Salvador, CECOT and Trump

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.
Inside El Salvador's notorious CECOT mega-prison, which could soon house deportees from the U.S.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced last week that President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador had agreed to accept deportees from the U.S. convicted of crimes, and also offered to house incarcerated Americans in El Salvador's prisons.
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.
Explainer - 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.
El Salvador's Bold Move: Housing Juvenile Offenders with Adult Inmates
El Salvador's Congress passed a controversial measure allowing minors involved in organized crime to be housed with adults, albeit separately. This move aligns with President Nayib Bukele's aggressive anti-crime strategy,
El Salvador's maximum security prison CECOT doesn't take it easy on inmates
YouTuber Ruhi Çenet was left stunned by the solitary confinement cell inside El Salvador's notorious maximum security prison, CECOT.
El Salvador to house minors convicted of organized crime in adult jails
El Salvador's Congress voted on Wednesday to allow minors convicted of crimes linked to organized crime to be housed in the same prisons as adults, albeit in separate areas.
Behind El Salvador's prison system that may handle U.S. deported migrants
CBS News' Lilia Luciano got a rare look at El Salvador's prison system after President Nayib Bukele offered to house dangerous deported migrants from the U.S. This comes as President Trump continues his efforts to crackdown on illegal immigration.
A look inside an El Salvador mega prison
El Salvador's president is offering to take in deportees and U.S. criminals at its prisons, including American citizens. CBS News correspondent Lilia Luciano got a rare first-hand look inside one of its mega prisons.
New York Post on MSN10d
Inside El Salvador’s mega-prison where president has offered to hold ‘dangerous’ US citizens and criminal migrants
El Salvador’s notorious Terrorism Confinement Center has been hailed as the nation’s solution to rampant gang violence, but ...
What to know about El Salvador’s mega-prison after Trump deal to send people there
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Inmates attend a class on social behavior from inside their ...
Intellinews on MSN3d
El Salvador tests global prison market with US inmate plan
By Alek Buttermann El Salvador's recently floated plans to enter international prison management could represent a Copernican ...
New York Post on MSN10d
El Salvador offers to hold ‘dangerous’ US citizens and criminal migrants from any country in their hellhole ‘mega-prison’
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said late Monday that El Salvador’s president has offered to accept deportees from the US ...
The Associated Press on MSN9d
US inmates could be sent to El Salvador prisons under deal being explored by Trump, Rubio
saying El Salvador has “offered the United States of America the opportunity to outsource part of its prison system.” ...
The Independent10d
El Salvador’s president agrees to take U.S. prison inmates after meeting with Marco Rubio
open image in gallery Police officers in riot gear guarding the arrival of inmates belonging to the MS-13 and 18 gangs at the CECOT prison (EL SALVADOR'S PRESIDENCY PRESS O) “In many ...