He President of El Salvador, Nayib Bukeleoffered the United States Refill in its megacárcel Cecot to “American and foreign hazardous criminals. As detailed by the Salvadoran president, in return They would receive a rate “relatively low for the United States but significantly high” for the Central American country.
The offer occurred during a meeting they held Bukele and Marco RubioSecretary of State of the Government of Donald Trump, who is touring various countries in Central America. At present, there is practically no No contemporary precedent that a democratic country that sends its own citizens to foreign prisons.
The historic agreement between El Salvador and the United States
Through its official social networks, Bukele reported: “We have offered the United States of America to outsource part of its penitentiary system. We are willing to receive only convicted criminals (including convicted American citizens) in our mega prison (CECOT) in exchange for a rate”
Regarding the details of the agreement, the Salvadoran president said that “the rate would be relatively low for the United States, but significant for us, causing us to Our entire penitentiary system is sustainable” For his part, Rubio confirmed the news about Bukele’s offer at a press conference.
In detail, Rubio explained that the Salvadoran President decided ” “Accept for deportation of any illegal foreigner in the United States to be a criminal of any nationality”like those of the MS-13 gang (from El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala) and the Venezuelan Aragua train, said the US official.
“He has offered to house in his prisons the dangerous US criminals arrested in our country, including those with American citizenship and legal residence“Rubio added in statements to the press, after meeting with Bukele.
The measure had the immediate support of the Tesla CEO and Trump government official, Elon Musk, who said the agreement is a “great idea.” In addition, Bukele also announced that The United States “has pledged to help El Salvador in the development of nuclear energy”.
In reference to the possible agreement, there is practically no No precedent in contemporary times that a democratic country sends its own citizens to foreign prisons. In case of doing so, those affected could challenge the decision before the US courts.
How is the Cecot, the megacárcel inaugurated bybukele
Bukele built much of his popularity thanks to his offensive against gangs, based on an exception regime that, since 2022, left approximate 83,000 detaineeswithout court order. Critical sectors of the Government of El Salvador say that many of the prisoners are innocent who did not have due judicial process.
In line with this war against gangs, the Bukele government opened, in 2023, the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT). This is considered The greatest prison in Latin Americaand is located on the outskirts of Tecoluca, 75 km southeast of San Salvador.
The prison has an extension of 116 hectares of land, of which 23 belong to prison buildings. In addition, it has 19 surveillance towers and is surrounded by huge concrete walls.
The prison counts, according to the government, with capacity to 40,000 prisoners And it is exclusive for the “profiled as high ranges” of the Mara Salvatrucha (or MS-13) and the two factions of neighborhood 18, rival gangs that increased their power for decades with the recruitment of young people and the control of territories, currently, it is estimated that there are some some 15,000 prisoners of these criminal groups.
In its interiors, the prison has prison confine
Source: Ambito
