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2023-02-25 Caribbean-Latin America
Mega-prison in El Salvador for 40,000 suspected gangsters – which has only 80 beds for every 100 inmates - welcomes its first new inmates with vow 'You will never walk out of here'
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • El Salvador has the highest incarceration rate in world with 2 per cent of their population currently in jail

  • Recently the government has cracked down on gangs and arrested 63,000 people under state of emergency

  • The Center for the Confinement of Terrorism (CECOT)' - claimed as the largest mega-prison in the Americas - just opened in Tecoluca, 74 kilometers (46 miles) southeast of the capital San Salvador
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Posted by Skidmark 2023-02-25 09:01|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1820 views ]  Top
 File under: Narcos 

1 I've got an idea.

Alabama executions to recommence following completion of internal review: 'Time to resume our duty'
Posted by Skidmark 2023-02-25 09:08||   2023-02-25 09:08|| Front Page Top

2 El Salvador is one of those places that should just be nuked. The well-being of the entire rest of the planet would improve immediately.
Posted by M. Murcek 2023-02-25 09:18||   2023-02-25 09:18|| Front Page Top

3 /\ Not much of a market for 'Destination Weddings' and you never see El Salvador offered as a Wheel of Fortune Grand Prize. Just say'n.
Posted by Besoeker 2023-02-25 09:23||   2023-02-25 09:23|| Front Page Top

4 I'm sure there's some good food there. Still, I can get that at home.
Posted by M. Murcek 2023-02-25 09:46||   2023-02-25 09:46|| Front Page Top

5 I am 63 years old and have no tattoos. Not on my back. Not on my ass. Not on my arms or legs. Not on my face.

My impression is babies in El Salvador are born with tattoos.
Posted by M. Murcek 2023-02-25 09:49||   2023-02-25 09:49|| Front Page Top

6 That was prolly a rayciss thing to say. No worries. My Wild Turkey will still taste just fine tonight.
Posted by M. Murcek 2023-02-25 09:51||   2023-02-25 09:51|| Front Page Top

7 El Salvador has welcomed crypto currency with open arms. Something tells me they might need to expand that prison sometime down the road.
Posted by DooDahMan 2023-02-25 09:53||   2023-02-25 09:53|| Front Page Top

8 hate to wreck a tropical paradise with nukes. rounding 'em up into one place sounds like an excellent start tough...
Posted by 746 2023-02-25 20:42||   2023-02-25 20:42|| Front Page Top

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