1 day ago · What is the CECOT? 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.

22 hours ago · 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’. Known as CECOT, the prison in the Central American country has been called ‘inhumane’ by rights groups

The Terrorism Confinement Center (Spanish: Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo, abbreviated and commonly referred to as CECOT) is a maximum security prison located in Tecoluca, El Salvador. The prison was built in late 2022 amidst a large-scale gang crackdown in El Salvador and was opened by the Salvadoran government in January 2023.

1 day ago · 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.

1 day ago · CNN’s David Culver and his team were the first major U.S. news crew inside Cecot, El Salvador’s notorious mega-prison. Home to the country’s most hardened criminals, the high-security ...

Nov 6, 2024 · After leaving the sterile and muted interior of Cecot, we join a force of approximately 2,500 police and soldiers patrolling a neighborhood in San Salvador flagged for potential remnants of...

Feb 15, 2024 · We are in Cecot (Centre for the Confinement of Terrorism), a maximum security jail built a year ago by the Salvadoran government to imprison "high-ranking" members of the country's main...

Nov 14, 2024 · CNN’s David Culver and his team were the first major US news organization to capture the inside of Cecot — El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center.

Aug 26, 2024 · For more than two years, the 26-year-old tractor driver has been in prison in El Salvador, accused of “gang association”, even though the country’s legal system has twice ordered his ...

1 day ago · In this handout picture provided by the Salvadoran presidency inmates observe from a cell inside the mega- prison Terrorist Confinement Centre (CECOT) on June 11, 2024 in Tecoluca, El Salvador.