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Cecot: Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo
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Photos: A tour of Nayib Bukele’s mega-prison

Behind the bars of the Terrorism Confinement Center (Cecot) are El Salvador’s most dangerous inmates: hitmen who have committed dozens of murders and are serving sentences of 700 years. Every cell is full, and the authorities refuse to specify the number of people incarcerated at this facility

Gladys Serrano
Gladys Serrano
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The Terrorism Confinement Center (Cecot), El Salvador's maximum security prison and one of President Nayib Bukele's flagship projects, has completed one year in operation. In the image, an exterior view of the Cecot, in Tecoluca, on February 6, 2024.