April 27, 2024
Americas El Salvador Gangs news Prisons

El Salvador moves suspected gang members to 40,000-capacity ‘megaprison’

Around 2,000 inmates transferred on Friday as part of president’s crime crackdown

El Salvador’s government has moved thousands of suspected gang members to a newly opened “megaprison”, the latest step in a controversial crackdown on crime that has caused the Central American nation’s prison population to soar.

“This will be their new home, where they won’t be able to do any more harm to the population,” the president, Nayib Bukele, wrote on Twitter.

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