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Inside CECOT, El Salvador's notorious prison, where inmates never see the light of day
The Salvadoran prison, where Maryland resident Kilmar Abrego Garcia is being held, keeps inmates tightly confined with little ...
Inside One Venezuelan’s Last-Minute Escape From a Flight to CECOT
Matos sat for a credible fear interview in support of a last-ditch attempt to save his asylum claim. That was denied, opening ...
Judge hears arguments over fate of CECOT detainees
Nearly two months after more than 200 alleged Venezuelan gang members were sent to a Salvadoran prison, a judge heard ...
El Salvador wants America’s prisoners. And its tourists.
The scene outside Laola Surf Camp was Instagram-perfect. A towering palm tree leaned over the black-sand beach. Surfers ...
US Must Fix Rules Sending ‘Gang Members’ to El Salvador Prison
Opinion: Ohio law professor Gregory Gilchrist says the Trump administration need to weigh other factors before sending ...
El Salvador promotes its ‘happy’ prison where man wrongly deported by Trump is being held
The collective hum of hundreds of sewing machine needles ploughing through fabric pierces the air as the prisoners get to ...
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Ángel Blanco Marin, a 22-Year-Old Aspiring Musician, Deported from the Bronx to CECOT in El Salvador
In the days before ICE agents arrested 22-year-old Ángel Blanco Marin, he was visiting his friend Fabian Olmos in New Jersey.
Ecuador’s interior and defense ministers on fact-finding tour El Salvador’s maximum-security prison
Ecuadorian Defense Minister GianCarlo Loffredo and Interior Minister John Reimberg toured the Terrorism Confinement Center ...
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CECOT; The Alcatraz of Latin America
Witness the rise and fall of El Salvador's gangs. Discover the brutal tactics and extreme measures used to restore order.