El Salvador moves 2,000 alleged gang members to new ‘mega prison’
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2,000 gang members move into mega prison
In the future, around 40,000 inmates will be locked up on 165 hectares in a prison complex in El Salvador. The mega “Häfn” went into operation at the beginning of February, and now the first 2,000 gang members moved in. President Nayib Bukele presented the already completed systems in a video at night during a tour. The clip, which is broadcast nationwide, shows how the men - half-naked, shoeless and usually tattooed over a large area - are take…
El Salvador Sends Thousands Of Tattooed Gang Members To Mega-Prison
El Salvador Sends Thousands Of Tattooed Gang Members To Mega-Prison Government authorities in El Salvador are circulating some surreal images in order to prove to the nation and the world that they are cleaning up crime in a country that's currently under a state of emergency due to rampant murders and violent crime. President Nayib Bukele has recently declared a "war on crime" and his message to gangs came in the form of publicizing 'shocking'…
El Salvador begins transferring thousands to 'mega prison' amid gang crackdown
El Salvador's government moved thousands of suspected gang members to a newly opened "mega prison" on Friday, the latest step in a controversial crackdown on crime that has caused the Central American nation's prison population to soar.
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