While the U.S. criminal justice system is far from perfect, addressing its shortcomings requires reform, not abdication of responsibility.

He was arrested in El Salvador after the government declared war on the gangs in 2022. Vazquez explains that he expects to be incarcerated in CECOT "for the rest of my life." "We murdered a lot of ...

New images released by the authorities in El Salvador mega-prison designed to ... The vast facility in Tecoluca, known as the Cecot (Centre for the Confinement of Terrorism), can accommodate ...

FILE - Inmates attend a class on social behavior from inside their shared cell during a press tour of the Terrorism Confinement Center, or CECOT, in Tecololuca, El Salvador, Oct. 12, 2023.

At CECOT, a ban on jail visits meant that many children were unable to see their parents, causing psychological damage, rights groups said. “El Salvador wants everyone to think we’re a first ...

CECOT, the Terrorism Confinement Center in El Salvador, is Latin America’s largest ... (Photo by MARVIN RECINOS/AFP via Getty Images) MARVIN RECINOS AFP via Getty Images Lee Gelernt, a lawyer ...

President Nayib Bukele said El Salvador could house convicted criminals, including convicted US citizens, into its mega-prison (CECOT) in exchange for a fee. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio ...

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele has confirmed that his country will take “dangerous” U.S. prison inmates into the infamous CECOT prison in exchange for payment following a meeting with ...

Argentina's Security Minister Patricia Bullrich Sunday visited El Salvador's controversial Confinement Center for Terrorism (CECOT), probably seeking to replicate the model in her country ...