Men detained in El Salvador's notorious prison detail harrowing experiences: "You're in hell"

Venezuelans spent months in a Salvadoran prison after being sent there by the U.S. Imprisoned men described torture — and ...

Trump threats and Bukele model on crime back Latin American progressives into corner

The hunger for a more heavy-handed response to endemic problems has been mounting for years in Latin America. El Salvador ...
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El Salvador's Influence: Maximum-Security Prisons and Costa Rica's Fight Against Crime

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele inaugurated a new maximum-security prison in Costa Rica, just weeks before Costa Rican ...

2 men say they were deemed a threat over their tattoos, beaten in Salvadoran prison after deportation from U.S.

The U.S. sent hundreds of Venezuelan men to a Salvadoran mega-prison. Two of those men describe beatings that occurred during ...

Costa Rica, weeks before election, hosts El Salvador President Bukele to inaugurate new mega-prison

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele inaugurated a new maximum-security prison in nearby Costa Rica on Wednesday, less than ...
Los Angeles Times

What El Salvador’s Bukele, a hero for the American right, isn’t showing the world

President Nayib Bukele’s crackdown on gangs has brought peace to El Salvador, but the price, some Salvadorans say, has been the loss of civil liberties. “We used to be afraid of the gangs,” says ...