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US convicts transferred to El Salvador's maximum security Cecot prison
Salvadoran authorities Sunday received 238 members of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua and 23 members of the Mara Salvatrucha ...
El Salvador takes in hundreds of Venezuelan gang members from US, even as judge moves to block deportations
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele said his country has accepted hundreds of violent gang members deported from U.S. to be ...
Inside the El Salvador mega-prison where Trump is sending hundreds of immigrants
Bukele ordered the mega-prison built as he began his campaign against El Salvador’s gangs in March 2022. It opened a year ...
What to know about El Salvador’s mega-prison after Trump sent hundreds of immigrants there
The arrival of the immigrants took place under an agreement for which the Trump administration will pay El Salvador $6 ...
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Inside CECOT, El Salvador's mega-prison for gang members
El Salvador 's famed megaprison, Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo, or CECOT, now houses more than 250 accused gang members following a deal with the Trump administration. The US government under ...
US paying El Salvador $6M to jail hundreds of Venezuela gang suspects: ‘Pennies on the dollar’
The Venezuelans “don’t have to go home, but you can’t stay here,” added Leavitt, quoting the lyrics of the hit song “Closing ...
No visitors, century-long sentences: Inside El Salvador’s notorious prison where US deported hundreds
Over 250 gang members have been brought to El Salvador's Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) after the Trump administration ...
What Will Happen to Deportees at El Salvador Prison?
Prisoners spend 23.5 hours a day locked in their cells, with a brief, 30-minute window for exercise or religious activities ...
El Salvador's CECOT: What We Know About Mega Prison Where Trump Is Sending Alleged Venezuelan Gang Members
El Salvador's Cecot mega prison - the center for terrorism confinement is considered the largest prison in the Americas with ...