The Terrorism Confinement Center (Spanish: Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo, stylized as CECOT) is a maximum security prison in Tecoluca, El Salvador. The prison was built in late 2022 …

Mar 16, 2025 · What is the CECOT? Bukele ordered the mega-prison built as he began his campaign against El Salvador’s gangs in March 2022. It opened a year later in the town of Tecoluca, about 72 …

Dec 30, 2025 · CECOT is a massive maximum-security prison in El Salvador. The prison has drawn international attention for its scale, harsh conditions, and role in the country’s anti-gang campaign.

Apr 8, 2025 · The U.S. has sent hundreds of people to the notorious mega-prison in El Salvador known as CECOT.

Jul 8, 2025 · The government of El Salvador has acknowledged to United Nations investigators that the Trump administration maintains control of the men who were deported from the U.S. to a Salvadoran...

Feb 15, 2025 · Opened in 2023, the Center for the Confinement of Terrorism, known as CECOT, was designed to hold the most dangerous gang members in what used to be the country with the highest …

Oct 6, 2025 · El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) stands as the world’s largest prison, built to hold 40,000 inmates. It symbolizes President Nayib Bukele’s war against the country’s …

6 days ago · Alexa Koenig, Berkeley law co-faculty director, Human Rights Center, shares findings into the deportations of Venezuelan's to El Salvador's CECOT prison. The UC Berkeley research team …

Jan 31, 2025 · Latin America's biggest prison is home to the most dangerous criminals in El Salvador, and is the centerpiece of the country's war on street gangs.

Jan 28, 2025 · Built to house El Salvador's most dangerous gangsters, conditions at the maximum-security "Terrorism Confinement Center" (CECOT) are slammed by rights groups as inhumane.