Inmates accused of belonging to gangs captured throughout El Salvador’s state of emergency are step by step filling the nation’s mega jail, as one other 2,000 inmates have been transferred to the Terrorism Confinement Centre southeast of the capital on Tuesday, officers stated.
Inmates accused of belonging to gangs captured throughout El Salvador’s state of emergency are step by step filling the nation’s mega jail, as one other 2,000 inmates have been transferred to the Terrorism Confinement Centre southeast of the capital on Tuesday, officers stated.
President Nayib Bukele ordered the development of the mega jail when El Salvador started large arrests in response to a surge in gang violence in March 2022. The power now holds hundreds of accused or convicted gang members.
