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The Salvadoran Mega-Prison Offering to Take America’s Worst Criminals

Lockup currently houses thousands of members of gangs that terrorized the Central American country for decades.

Marvin Recinos/AFP/Ritzau Scanpix

No visits from wives, girlfriends or children. Sleeping arrangements are stainless-steel cots stacked several layers high in large cells packed with dozens of inmates. And roommates include some of the senior leadership of Latin America’s most notorious gangs.

The harsh conditions of El Salvador’s Confinement Center for Terrorism, a mega-prison opened in 2023, are currently reserved for thousands of gang members who terrorized the country for decades. If President Nayib Bukele and President Trump have their way, America’s worst criminals are destined for El Salvador’s biggest prison as well.

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