Inside El Salvador's notorious CECOT mega-prison San Salvador — It takes about 90 minutes to drive from El Salvador's capital, San Salvador, to the most notorious prison in the country.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia was beaten, tortured in El Salvador prison, court filing says The new details from Abrego Garcia's alleged treatment at CECOT come as part of a federal lawsuit filed by his ...

Men deported by the United States to El Salvador’s notorious Cecot prison are living in “the same” conditions as convicted gangsters, prison director Belarmino García said on Tuesday ...

El Salvador’s president Nayib Bukele wrote on X Sunday that the 238 suspects “were immediately transferred to CECOT, the Terrorism Confinement Center, for a period of one year (renewable ...

A self-styled 'philosopher king' With his "sunglasses and leather jacket", Bukele once jokingly styled himself on X/Twitter as "the world's coolest dictator", said Carmen Quintela in El Diario ...