US EditionEcuadorean ministers tour infamous Salvadoran jail to pick up some ideas
- On May 1, 2025, Ecuador's top officials in charge of internal affairs and defense visited El Salvador's Terrorism Confinement Center to learn from its security framework.
- The visit aimed to examine President Nayib Bukele's security strategy, which reduced crime significantly and drew international attention for its results.
- Officials showed the Ecuadorian delegation the Cecot's advanced security, joint military-police control, physical infrastructure, and administration established to combat gang violence.
- Minister Loffredo described the Cecot as the most technologically advanced and secure correctional facility in Latin America, highlighting its capacity of around 15,000 inmates and its role as a model that Ecuador aims to emulate.
- The visit reflects Ecuador's efforts to address prison violence and suggests potential adoption of similar facilities despite human rights criticisms surrounding Cecot's operations.
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Ecuadorean ministers tour infamous Salvadoran jail to pick up some ideas
Ecuadorean Ministers John Reimberg (Interior) and Gian Carlo Loffredo (Defense ) toured El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center (Cecot) to pick up some ideas with which to build similar facilities in their country, known for its prison violence problems.
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udgtvEcuador seeks to replicate the megacarcel of El Salvador
Ecuador’s top security authorities visited El Salvador’s mega-prison of maximum security for gang members seeking to replicate it in their country, whipped by drug trafficking violence, the Salvadoran government reported on Wednesday. Considered the largest criminal in Latin America, in the Center for Confining Terrorism (Cecot), some 15,000 alleged Salvadoran gang members are being held and, since last March, some 250 Venezuelans that the Unite…
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