The National Civilian Police have confirmed that with these holdings – now in a 40,000-capacity mega-prison – crime rates are dropping.

Over the past few hours, he reported the capture of 8 people in various departments, including three. homemadeA home girlA ranflero and four other gang members, Minister of Justice and Public Security Gustavo Villatoro confirmed.

Naiba Bukele’s government has boasted of zero homicides in its country, where it is estimated to have reduced the homicide rate by 57 percent between 2021 and 2022, as there were 496 homicides last year.

Presence of the Center for Containment of Terrorism (CECOT)

This prison, called by the president himself the largest in America, was built in record time – 7 months, and its infrastructure includes, among other things, 8 buildings, a body scanning system, a 2.1-kilometer electrified fence, 19 watchtowers, video systems , punishment cells and punishment cells.

Information released by the same government indicates that each of the buildings has at least 32 cells, each measuring 100 square meters.

While the cost of this design is unknown, since the government of this country has classified information for up to two years.

However, it was announced that it would be guarded by 850 people representing both the Ministry of Defense and the national civilian police.

Among the measures criticized by this site from human rights organizations is the conditions in which they will keep prisoners, since there are no mats and they will have to sleep on sheets.

Human Rights Watch warns of an increase in arrests and charges of arbitrary acts, such as arrests of minors, some based on looks and other types of violations, he pointed out in a report made at the end of 2022.