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El Salvador Defends Mega-Prison Key to Trump Deportations

President Bukele invites any country to take all 90,000 detainees from CECOT prison to verify abuse claims amid criticism and ongoing anti-gang crackdown.

  • On Tuesday, Nayib Bukele defended CECOT, linking it to deportations from the United States under President Donald Trump, and offered to release the entire prison population with the condition `The only condition is straightforward: it must be everyone`.
  • After Clinton shared a PBS Frontline documentary, CBS News pulled a planned Sunday investigation as El Salvador announced centuries-long gang sentences.
  • Released deportees and Amnesty International alleged repeated abuse at CECOT, while Socorro Juridico Humanitario reported 454 prison deaths and over 90,000 detentions since the crackdown began.
  • Leading Democratic figures raised alarms after CBS News's planned investigation was pulled, as a deportation error and endorsements of Bukele draw scrutiny.
  • Against a backdrop of three decades of gang violence, El Salvador's government positions CECOT as central to its anti-gang efforts amid international abuse inquiries.
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El Salvador's right-wing president, Nayib Bukele, rejected on Tuesday the charges of torture in El Salvador's high-security mega-prison, where Venezuelan migrants expelled from the United States are incarcerated, threatening to release all prisoners, including gang leaders.The conditions of detention in this Cecot (Terror Containment Centre) have been at the centre of attention since the US channel CBS blocked the broadcast this weekend of a rep…

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El Salvador defends mega-prison key to Trump deportations

El Salvador's leader Nayib Bukele on Tuesday defended a huge prison that has become key to deportations from the United States under President Donald Trump, after drawing criticism for alleged rights abuses.

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dirhongkong.com broke the news in on Tuesday, December 23, 2025.
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