Video | This has been the transfer of 2,000 gang members from El Salvador to a new prison
The Government of El Salvador transferred the In the early hours of Friday morning, 2,000 alleged gang members were transferred to a new prison that has a capacity for some 40,000 people, according to what was reported by the police. President Nayib Bukele.
Today at dawn, in a single operation, we transferred the first 2,000 gang members to the Center for the Confinement of Terrorism (CECOT).
This will be They will live their new house, where they will live for decades, mixed together, unable to do any more harm to the population.
We continue…#GuerraContraPandillas pic.twitter.com/9VvsUBvoHC
— Nayib Bukele (@nayibbukele) February 24, 2023
“Today in the early morning, in a single operation, we transferred the first 2,000 gang members to the Center for the Confinement of Terrorism (CECOT),” the police published. The president commented on his social networks.
He added: “This will be their new house, where they will live for decades, mixed together, without being able to do any more harm to the population.” ;n“.
Despite the fact that the Government did not notify the Regarding the transfers, dozens of relatives moved to the La Esperanza prison, known as Mariona, in San Salvador. According to what he found EFE, about 150 people gathered in this place and several buses left the venue.
Bukele inaugurated the festival. The CECOT was released at the end of January and the Minister of Public Works, Romeo Rodríguez, told the president that this “would become the largest prison in all of America”< /strong>and that “it would be impossible for a prisoner to leave” the compound, which has 23 hectares of construction.
The construction of this prison occurred amid criticism from the opposition that has pointed out a lack of transparency, mainly due to the approval in the Legislative Assembly, dominated by the ruling party, of a law that allowed bypassing the usual controls in works state.
Humanitarian organizations
At the beginning of February, Amnesty International (AI) expressed its concern. He expressed his concern about this new prison in El Salvador, and expressed his concern. He expressed his “deep concern” given that “the construction of this new prison could mean the continuation and escalation of these abuses.”
According to official figures, under The emergency regime, approved last March after an escalation of murders, has arrested more than 64,000 people, whom the government accuses of being gang members and of whom more than 3,300 have been released.
The Salvadoran humanitarian organizations and the Human Rights Ombudsman (PDDH) have received more than More than 7,900 complaints of outrages, the majority due to arbitrary arrests.
The authorities attribute the drop in homicides to this measure and the Territorial Control Plan, which according to official accounts were 496 in 2022, 57% less than in 2021.
