How An El Salvador Prison Houses12000 Rival Gang Members

Inside El Salvador S Mega Prison Holding 12 000 Alleged Gangsters Here’s a look inside el salvador’s mega prison, which opened its doors to journalists.keep up with the latest news from around the world: reuters. The first group of 2,000 suspected gang members in el salvador have been moved to a huge new prison, the centrepiece of president nayib bukele's self declared war on crime. tens of thousands of.

Rival Deadly Gangs Share The Same Prison Cell A Look At El Salvador S The prison was built to hold some of the more than 72,000 alleged gang members detained under an emergency regime decreed in march 2022 by congress at bukele's request, in response to an. The massive prison has a capacity for 40,000 inmates, but now holds 12,114 accused gang members. "we are persevering here day by day, trying to change with the help of our god," jose hurquilla. We are told the prisoner is a "hitman for the mara salvatrucha" who was sentenced to 269 years in prison for kidnapping, torturing and murdering along with other gang members four soldiers. In 2015, el salvador’s homicide rate peaked at more than 100 per 100,000 people, then the highest in the world, driven by the gangs who terrorised the public, controlling neighbourhoods.

Welcome To Hell Inside El Salvador Mega Prison Where 12 000 Gang We are told the prisoner is a "hitman for the mara salvatrucha" who was sentenced to 269 years in prison for kidnapping, torturing and murdering along with other gang members four soldiers. In 2015, el salvador’s homicide rate peaked at more than 100 per 100,000 people, then the highest in the world, driven by the gangs who terrorised the public, controlling neighbourhoods. The first 2,000 inmates of a new prison built in el salvador to accommodate more than 40,000 suspected gang members targeted in president nayib bukele’s “war” on crime have arrived at the. Tecoluca, el salvador (ap) — with tattoo covered faces, and wearing white shirts and shorts, gang members captured during el salvador’s state of exception are gradually filling the country’s new mega prison. unveiled earlier this year, the prison 45 miles (72 kilometers) southeast of the capital now holds some 12,000 accused or convicted.