The Terrorism Confinement Center, [a] abbreviated CECOT, is a maximum security prison located in Tecoluca, El Salvador.The prison was built in late 2022 amid a large-scale gang crackdown in the country. The Salvadoran government opened the prison in January 2023, and it began housing inmates the following month.

Feb 15, 2025 · San Salvador — It takes about 90 minutes to drive from El Salvador's capital, San Salvador, to the most notorious prison in the country. Opened in 2023, the Center for the Confinement of...

Mar 17, 2025 · El Salvador’s Cecot mega-prison was notorious long before the Trump administration’s recent decision to deport hundreds of alleged Venezuelan gang members there.

Mar 16, 2025 · The crown jewel of El Salvador's aggressive anti-crime strategy — a mega-prison where visitation, recreation and education are not allowed — became the latest tool in U.S. President Donald ...

Mar 17, 2025 · The mega-prison in El Salvador, where visitation, recreation and education are not allowed, has became the latest tool in President Donald Trump's crackdown on immigration.

Feb 5, 2025 · El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has made the country’s stark, harsh prisons a trademark of his aggressive fight against crime. Since March 2022, more than 84,000 people have been arrested, many with little to no due process.

Mar 16, 2025 · SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — The crown jewel of El Salvador’s aggressive anti-crime strategy — a mega-prison where visitation, recreation and education are not allowed — became the latest tool in U.S. President Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigration on Sunday, when hundreds of immigrants facing deportation were transferred there.

Nov 6, 2024 · CNN goes inside the El Salvador prison that houses gang members who once terrorized the country and are blamed as the “worst of the worst.”

Mar 17, 2025 · The Trump administration deported hundreds of Venezuelans accused of ties to the Tren de Aragua gang, sending them to El Salvador's notorious mega-prison, Cecot.

21 hours ago · On March 15, the Trump administration loaded more than 200 men onto three planes bound for El Salvador, where they were to be locked in its notorious CECOT prison. A video of the men being marched ...