The CECOT prison has been central to Bukele's aggressive crackdown on gang violence since he took office in 2019. The prison, designed to hold up to 40,000 inmates, many of whom are mass murderers ...
The overcrowded cells are packed with inmates serving sentences that range from 60 to over 1,000 years at the Terrorism Confinement Centre (CECOT), the country's newest prison facility.
The Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT), a 57-acre (23-hectare) "mega-prison", is located 70 km (43.5 miles) east of the capital, San Salvador, in a rural region of the Tecoluca district.
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