El Salvador Mega Prison Cecot

El Salvador, Tren de Aragua

El Salvador says families can file complaints over unjust detention in notorious mega-prison

Families of Venezuelan deportees held in El Salvador’s infamous Cecot prison can petition the Salvadoran government for their release – but the fruitfulness of that process is an open question in a country accused of arbitrary detention by rights groups and even the US State Department.

Yahoo on MSN · 11d

Look inside El Salvador’s CECOT mega-prison, where the Trump administration is sending some deported immigrants

Over the weekend, the Trump administration deported hundreds of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador, where they are being held in a maximum security mega-prison called the Center for the Confinement of Terrorism (CECOT).

Miami Herald on MSN · 13d

Inside look at El Salvador’s mega-prison holding Venezuelan deportees with alleged gang ties

Human rights advocates warn that the deportees legal rights were violated as they were transferred to the CECOT, a mega-prison established by El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele for his crackdown on gangs in the country. The facility, according to the Associated Press, can hold up to 40,000 inmates; up to 70 people are housed in a single cell.

The Independent7d

Inside the brutal mega-prison where Trump is sending hundreds of immigrants

The CECOT, opened in 2023 ... Thousands of inmates transferred to El Salvador 'mega prison' in crackdown on gangs Cristosal and other advocates have accused authorities of human rights ...

13don MSN

What to know about CECOT, El Salvador's mega-prison for gang members

In 2023, he opened the Terrorism Confinement Center, or CECOT, where the immigrants were ... Bukele ordered the ...

Federal appeals court upholds order on deportations to El Salvador's CECOT mega-prison

A federal appeals court ruled to uphold a lower court order on the case surrounding the deportation flights containing ...

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem posed in front of El Salvador prisoners wearing $50k watch

Kristi Noem appeared in a video in front of CECOT prisoners in El Salvador wearing a $50k Rolex watch. Human rights groups ...

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Photos Show Kristi Noem's Visit Through Notorious El Salvador Prison

Noem toured crowded cells, the prison armory, and isolation units within the facility, which has drawn international ...

Worldcrunch on MSN12h

Why El Salvador's Notorious Prisons Are Even Worse For Female Inmates

Human rights groups warn that El Salvador's prisons are marked by overcrowding, lack of access to basic services and repeated ...

10don MSN

Why the men sent to El Salvador's mega-prison may never make it out

Families and lawyers fear for the deportees who may face indefinite detention in a prison known for human rights abuses.

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Inside El Salvador’s brutal mega prison where Donald Trump is sending 250 gang members

Donald Trump has been offered the use of El Salvador’s infamous CECOT mega-prison as he seeks to deport criminals from the US ...

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