Inside El Salvador’s notorious CECOT prison where Trump designs “slavery” prisoners

Stuck in their cells, without visits, forced to sleep in stainless steel ranch without mattresses. That’s the life in which Trump plans to send prisoners from the United States. The detention conditions at the ‘Retention Centre for Terrorism’ (CECOT) – in the notorious El Salvador prison – designed to house El Salvador’s most dangerous criminals and gang members and which is located at the edge of a jungle, about 75 km southeast of the capital, have been described by rights protection organisations as inhuman. CORVERSE However, France 24 notes that US President Donald Trump has praised the hard tactics of the bond in El Salvador, Nayib Buquele, as an “example” and is considering describing El Salvador as a “safe third country” in which immigrants will be deported without papers. Since his return to the White House, President Donald Trump has focused on accelerating the removal of illegal immigrants, with the promise of “massive deportations”. The prison in El Salador is surrounded by huge concrete walls and designed for 40,000 prisoners. However, it is estimated that about 15,000 are there today. CORVERSE “We proposed in the U.S. (ed. to proceed to) outsourcing of part of their prison system,” El Salvador Nayib Buquelle’s leader, known for his extremely harsh attitude towards crime, said via X (former Twitter). U.S. Foreign Minister Marco Rubio, who said: “No other country had ever made such a friendly offer. We are deeply grateful to him. I spoke to President (Donald) Trump”. “He offered to host in prison the dangerous American criminals detained in our country, including those who have American citizenship and legal residence,” Rubio told reporters in San Salvador.