El Salvador
At least 261 people have died in El Salvador's prisons under anti-gang crackdown, rights group says
The human rights organization Cristosal says at least 261 people have died in prisons in El Salvador during President Nayib Bukele’s 2 1/2-year-old crackdown on street gangs.
FILE - A mega-prison known as Detention Center Against Terrorism (CECOT) stands in Tecoluca, El Salvador, March 5, 2023. On Wednesday, July 10, 2024, Cristobal, an NGO, reported it had documented the deaths of 261 people, four of them children, who w... [2161 chars]