While the U.S. criminal justice system is far from perfect, addressing its shortcomings requires reform, not abdication of responsibility.

Bukele ordered the mega-prison built as he began his campaign against El Salvador’s gangs in March 2022. It opened a year later in the town of Tecoluca, about 72 kilometers (45 miles ...

Inmates remain in a cell at the Counter-Terrorism Confinement Centre (CECOT) mega-prison in El Salvador, where hundreds of members of the MS-13 and 18 Street gangs are being held, in Tecoluca ...

Bukele ordered the mega-prison built as he began his campaign against El Salvador’s gangs in March 2022. It opened a year later in the town of Tecoluca, about 45 miles east of the capital.