Once known as one of the most dangerous detention centers in the murder capital of the world, El Salvador’s sprawling La Esperanza prison now sits at the center of an international debate over crime, ...

This videographic explains the conditions of detention of Venezuelans expelled by the United States to El Salvador in mid-March 2025 and incarcerated for four months in the Terrorism Confinement ...

Explore the imposing Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT) in El Salvador with this exclusive footage, revealing the world's largest mega-prison built to house the country’s most dangerous ...

The sprawling penitentiary where Kilmar Abrego Garcia was last known to be held offers a sharp contrast to the supermax mega-prison to which he was first deported. Rather than tattooed gang members in ...

On November 12, Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Cristosal (a human rights organization for El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras) released a damning report on the inhumane and illegal treatment of 252 ...

Systematic torture, enforced disappearances and inhumane conditions were reported by 252 Venezuelan migrants deported by the United States to El Salvador’s mega-prison, according to a new ...

A previously secret memo reveals a $4.67 million agreement between the United States and El Salvador to house suspected gang members. Human rights groups claim the agreement lacks protections against ...