Terrorism Confinement Center - Wikipedia
The Terrorism Confinement Center (Spanish: Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo, stylized as CECOT) is a maximum security prison in Tecoluca, El Salvador. The prison was built in late …
The conditions inside the infamous El Salvador prison where
Apr 8, 2025 · The U.S. has sent hundreds of people to the notorious mega-prison in El Salvador known as CECOT.
CECOT: What to know about El Salvador's mega-prison | AP News
Mar 16, 2025 · What is the CECOT? Bukele ordered the mega-prison built as he began his campaign against El Salvador’s gangs in March 2022. It opened a year later in the town of …
CECOT | Terrorism Confinement Prison, Mega-Prison, El Salvador…
Dec 30, 2025 · CECOT is a massive maximum-security prison in El Salvador. The prison has drawn international attention for its scale, harsh conditions, and role in the country’s anti-gang …
Migrants deported from U.S. to Salvadoran prison remain under …
Jul 8, 2025 · The government of El Salvador has acknowledged to United Nations investigators that the Trump administration maintains control of the men who were deported from the U.S. …
Inside El Salvador's notorious CECOT mega-prison, which could …
Feb 15, 2025 · Opened in 2023, the Center for the Confinement of Terrorism, known as CECOT, was designed to hold the most dangerous gang members in what used to be the country with …
Terrorism Confinement Center CECOT: El Salvador's Mega-Prison
Oct 6, 2025 · El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) stands as the world’s largest prison, built to hold 40,000 inmates. It symbolizes President Nayib Bukele’s war against the …
Inside El Salvador's maximum security prison – DW – 01/31/2025
Jan 31, 2025 · Latin America's biggest prison is home to the most dangerous criminals in El Salvador, and is the centerpiece of the country's war on street gangs.
'No way out': Grim conditions in El Salvador's mega-prison for …
Jan 28, 2025 · Built to house El Salvador's most dangerous gangsters, conditions at the maximum-security "Terrorism Confinement Center" (CECOT) are slammed by rights groups …
What's inside El Salvador's mega prison? | Here & Now - WBUR
Apr 24, 2025 · Until this week, Kilmar Abrego Garcia — the Maryland resident wrongfully detained and deported to El Salvador in March — was being held in El Salvador's infamous new mega …