Mothers and relatives of the Venezuelan detainees in CECOT have been communicating about their loved ones in a WhatsApp group ...

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — The crown jewel of El Salvador's aggressive anti-crime strategy — a mega ... CECOT prisoners do not receive visits and are never allowed outdoors. The prison ...

Inmates allegedly linked to criminal organizations are imprisoned at CECOT in Tecoluca, El Salvador, March 16. (Courtesy of Salvadoran Government via Getty Images) 30,899 people played the daily ...

So, apart from those legal fights, the fact remains that the U.S. has sent hundreds of people to the notorious mega-prison in El Salvador known as CECOT. For more on the conditions inside that ...

El Salvador’s Cecot mega-prison was notorious long before the Trump administration’s recent decision to deport hundreds of alleged Venezuelan gang members there. The Center for Terrorism ...

Nearly two months after more than 200 alleged Venezuelan gang members were sent to a Salvadoran prison, a judge heard arguments Wednesday over what happens next.

El Salvador's mega-prison ... Each cell can fit 65 to 70 prisoners. CECOT prisoners do not receive visits and are never allowed outdoors. The prison does not offer workshops or educational ...

Beneath a volcano in El Salvador lies a secretive mega-prison where the only way out, according to the justice minister, is in a coffin. Known as CECOT — the Spanish language acronym for ...