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Prisión de El Salvador a la que Trump envió deportados venezolanos Venezuelans

By Jordi Bou

March 20, 2025 - EUA ha enviado cientos de migrantes a El Salvador para ser detenidos sin juicio en una controversial prisión de máxima seguridad, conocida por sus durísimas condiccciones.

The CECOT (Centre for the Confinement of Terrorism), is a maximum security jail that opened in February 2023 with capacity for 40,000 inmates.

The prison, built by the Salvadoran government to imprison members of the country’s main gangs, is part of the highly popular hardline security policy of President Nayib Bukele, who calls himself the “world’s coolest dictator”.

On March 15, the Trump administration deported 261 individuals to El Salvador.

Many human rights organisations have condemned conditions in Salvadoran prisons, particularly CECOT, citing reports of abuses such as torture, inmate deaths, and large-scale trials, according to Reuters.

Last year, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights expressed concerns about overcrowding in the CECOT, citing a study that found inmates had an average 0.60 square metres of space. The Red Cross recommends 3.4 sq m per prisoner as the international standard.

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PUBLISHED: 20/03/2025; STORY: Graphic News; PICTURES: Getty Images, Google maps
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