Inside El Salvador's 'Mega-Prison' Where The Trump Administration Could Send Convicted Criminals
Salvadorean President Nayib Bukele said his administration is willing to take in "only convicted criminals" in exchange for a fee
Inside El Salvador's notorious CECOT mega-prison, which could soon house deportees from the U.S.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced last week that President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador had agreed to accept deportees from the U.S. convicted of crimes, and also offered to house incarcerated Americans in El Salvador's prisons.
The Salvadoran Mega-Prison Offering to Take America’s Worst Criminals
The lockup currently houses thousands of members of gangs that terrorized the Central American country for decades.
‘Black hole of human rights’: Inside El Salvador’s notorious prison that could house US prisoners and deportees
El Salvador has offered to house convicted American criminals and deportees in its mega-prison for a fee. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has called it the ‘most unprecedented and extraordinary migratory agreement’.
When El Salvador agreed to put migrants in "mega-prison," the U.S. paved the way for nuclear power
Bukele said he would charge the United States a "relatively low" fee to house convicted criminals in El Salvador's Terrorism Confinement Center, or CECOT, a mega-prison built to hold up to 40,000 people. He said the nominal cost for America would help make El Salvador's prison system sustainable.
Explainer: What is El Salvador's mega-prison that could take US criminals?
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.
A look inside an El Salvador mega prison
El Salvador's president is offering to take in deportees and U.S. criminals at its prisons, including American citizens. CBS News correspondent Lilia Luciano got a rare first-hand look inside one of its mega prisons.
Behind El Salvador's prison system that may handle U.S. deported migrants
CBS News' Lilia Luciano got a rare look at El Salvador's prison system after President Nayib Bukele offered to house dangerous deported migrants from the U.S. This comes as President Trump continues his efforts to crackdown on illegal immigration.
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El Salvador offers to hold ‘dangerous’ US citizens and criminal migrants from any country in their hellhole ‘mega-prison’
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said late Monday that El Salvador’s president has offered to accept deportees from the US ...
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What to know about El Salvador’s mega-prison after Trump deal to send people there
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The Trump administration and the president of El Salvador said ...
El Salvador’s president agrees to take U.S. prison inmates after meeting with Marco Rubio
Nayib Bukele offered to house ‘dangerous American criminals’ and outsource part of the U.S.’s prison system for a ‘relatively low’ fee ...
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El Salvador agrees to accept US deportees of any nationality following meeting with Rubio
El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele has offered for illegal immigrants – of any nationality – facing deportation in the U.S. to be booked in his country's prison system in exchange for a fee.