The CECOT prison has been central to Bukele's aggressive ... in January 2023 and was built in just seven months. The prison's design and operations reflect an uncompromising philosophy toward ...

His secretary of state Marco Rubio described Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele’s offer to incarcerate them at his notorious Terrorism Confinement Centre – or CECOT – as ‘very generous’.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Sentences range from 60 to more than 1,000 years for those incarcerated at Terrorism Confinement Centre (CECOT), the newest of the jails there. One of the world’s biggest prisons, with a 40,000 ...

Mr Bukele added that the system would include US citizens, not just migrants, and potentially involve his country's infamous mega-prison Tecoluca (CECOT). He wrote on X: "We have offered the ...

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.