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 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.
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.
What to know about El Salvador's mega-prison after Trump deal to send people there
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
El Salvador offers to take U.S. deportees of any nationality – and Americans serving time
El Salvador has offered to accept undocumented immigrants of any nationality with criminal backgrounds from the United States, an agreement that comes as the Trump administration seeks to ramp up its mass deportation efforts.
'No way out' from El Salvador mega-prison, Latin America's biggest
As part of President Nayib Bukele's ongoing crusade against gangs in El Salvador, the government opened the Counter-Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) in Tecoluca, which will soon mark its second anniversary.
Rubio says El Salvador has offered to jail US criminals and deportees of any nationality
He met with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele and senior officials at Bukele's residence on Lake Coatepeque outside the capital for almost three hours, where they agreed to go beyond El Salvador's acceptance of its own deported citizens.
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