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The second group of 2,000 inmates were moved today amid tight security to the new Izalco prison, the largest mega-prison in the Americas, which was built to accommodate more than 40,000 people.
The government of El Salvador has opened the world’s largest prison as part of the country's major crackdown on the MS-13 gang, a move that the country's president said was the opposite response to how the United States was "protecting criminals."
A mega-prison in El Salvador has opened its doors for its first 2,000 inmates of suspected gang members - who upon their arrival found out there are not enough beds and no mattresses at all.
San Salvador, Feb 24 (EFE).- Salvadoran authorities moved 2,000 accused gang members to a recently completed maximum-security prison, President Nayib Bukele said Friday. “Today before dawn, in a single operation, we transferred the first 2,000 gang members to the Center for Terrorism Confinement (CECOT),” he wrote on Twitter. “This will be their new house, where …
By Sara Acosta San Salvador, Feb 3 (EFE).- The Salvadoran government is poised to open the largest prison in the Western Hemisphere, designed to hold as many as 40,000 gang members incommunicado. Known officially as the Center for Terrorism Confinement, the facility was built on a parcel of 165.2 hectares (407,901 acres) in a rural …