Under an unprecedented deal reached this week, El Salvador has agreed to accept deportees from the US of any nationality, ...

Able to hold 40,000 inmates – nearly half the entire ... Cristosal reported last summer that at least 261 people had died in El Salvador’s prisons during the gang crackdown.

El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center, under President Nayib Bukele's administration, represents a severe crackdown on ...

Prisoners spend 23.5 hours a day locked in their cells, with a brief, daily 30-minute window for exercise or religious ...

The Trump administration and the president of El Salvador said they struck a deal ... east of the capital. Able to hold 40,000 inmates, the CECOT is made up of eight sprawling pavilions.

President Nayib Bukele has offered to jail deported criminals from the United States. His prisons have earned him a ...

The CECOT mega-prison in El Salvador, promoted by President Nayib Bukele, has drawn varying global reactions. It reportedly can house 40,000 inmates, including notorious gang members. While hardliners ...

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele has confirmed that his country will take “dangerous” U.S. prison inmates into ... holding up to 40,000 inmates. The agreement would include U.S. citizens ...

CECOT, the Terrorism Confinement Center in El Salvador, is Latin America’s largest prison. Opened in 2023, the maximum ...

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he was exploring whether he can move forward with El ...

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 facilities ...