I entered inside CECOT the mega prison full of gangs such MS-13 and Barrio 18, thanks to this prison the country of El Salvador is the safest country in the western hemisphere.

Today, El Salvador has the lowest homicide rate ... Those convicted of crimes would be held in prisons like CECOT. "We have offered the United States of America the opportunity to outsource ...

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele on a post on X (formerly Twitter): "We are willing to take in only convicted criminals (including convicted U.S. citizens) into our mega-prison (CECOT ...

Even before the campaign against gangs, El Salvador’s prisons were notoriously violent and overcrowded but the crown jewel of Bukele's fight is the Terrorism Confinement Center, or CECOT ...

Bukele said he would charge the United States a "relatively low" fee to house convicted criminals in El Salvador's Terrorism Confinement Center, or CECOT, a mega-prison built to hold up to 40,000 ...

CECOT has drawn praise from hardline law ... Cristosal reported last summer that at least 261 people had died in El Salvador’s prisons during the gang crackdown. The group and others have ...

New U.S. policies risk perpetuating a cycle of violence and abuse that has for decades undermined the rights of Salvadorans ...

Even before the campaign against gangs, El Salvador’s prisons were notoriously violent and overcrowded but the crown jewel of Bukele’s fight is the Terrorism Confinement Center, or CECOT ...

(AP Photo/Salvador Melendez, File) FILE - Prison guards stand outside holding cells during a media tour of the Terrorism Confinement Center, or CECOT, in Tecoluca, El Salvador, Feb. 2, 2023.