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TECOLUCA, EL SALVADOR – MARCH 15: (—-EDITORIAL USE ONLY â MANDATORY CREDIT – ‘PRESS SECRETARY OF THE PRESIDENCY OF EL SALVADOR / HANDOUT’ – NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS – DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS—-) The arrival of inmates belonging to the MS-13 and 18 gangs to the new prison ‘Terrorist Confinement Center’ (CECOT), in Tecoluca, 74 km southeast of San Salvador, on March 15, 2023. A second group of 2,000 alleged imprisoned gang members was transferred this Wednesday under strong security measures to the “largest prison in the Americas,” reported the president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, a few weeks after his “war” against these gangs complies. one year. The mega-prison, with a capacity for 40,000 prisoners, has a severe confinement regime that has been denounced by human rights organizations. (Photo by Press Secretary Of The Presidency Of El Salvador / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)