Inmates were stripped down, shackled together, and forced to live in cells holding over 100 people each.
El Salvador’s populist President Nayib Bukele is taking “tough-on-crime” to a new level. On Friday, the Salvadoran government transferred over 2,000 detainees arrested on gang charges to a sprawling, open-air “megaprison” constructed as part of an iron-fisted crackdown on organized crime. Photos show inmates with their heads shaved, stripped down to underwear, and stacked nose-to-back at the “Terrorism Confinement Center,” which has a total capacity of 40,000.
Each cell in the prison holds over 100 inmates, who share just two toilets and sinks. “This will be their new home, where they won’t be able to do any more harm to the population,” Bukele said in a tweet. Bukele, who once called himself the “world’s coolest dictator,” has run roughshod over constitutional rights in his “war on gangs,” arresting over 64,000 suspects since last year.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
GBP/JPY Price Analysis: Slumps below the 200/100-DMA as buyers failed to conquer 164.00The GBP/JPY registers minuscule gains as Friday’s Asian session begins after tumbling below the 200 and 100-day Exponential Moving Averages (EMAs), at
Read more »
Nationwide temperature divide putting more than 100 records in jeopardy through weekendA powerful and disruptive winter storm that has impacted millions of people from coast-to-coast has led to a dramatic temperature divide across the country.
Read more »
Review: 'Cocaine Bear,' 100% pure, uncut junk with no highReview: If you think it’s hysterical to see a bear do a bump off a severed leg stump, by all means, the movie theater is this way, writes APEntertainment critic Mark Kennedy on 'Cocaine Bear.'
Read more »
Poor People's Campaign, Families Demand DOJ Probe of Over 100 West Virginia Jail DeathsActivists with the Poor People's Campaign and relatives of some of the 13 inmates who died at West Virginia's Southern Regional Jail last year held a press conference Thursday to implore the U.S. Justice Department to investigate allegations of abuse at the notorious lockup, as well as the deaths of
Read more »
'Cocaine Bear' is 100% pure, uncut junkYes, there's a giant bear and, yes, it does a ton of coke. And, yes, just as you probably suspected, the movie blows. We have officially sunk very low with 'Cocaine Bear,' way past other films where the title alone describes the only thing that happens, like 'Snakes on a Plane,' 'We Bought a Zoo' or 'Sharknado.'
Read more »
Netflix lowers subscription prices in over 100 territoriesNew data analysis has revealed that Netflix dropped its prices in over 100 countries around the world, mostly developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Read more »