El Salvador opens one of Latin America's largest prisons against gangs

SAN VICENTE, EL SALVADOR - FEBRUARY 02: Overview of cell blocks during the inauguration of the new maximum security prison for the Confinement of Terrorism (CECOT) in the municipality of Tecoluca, in San Vicente, El Salvador, on February 2, 2023. The authorities of El Salvador opened the Confinement Center against Terrorism (CECOT), a maximum security mega prison created to house up to 40,000 inmates who already saturate the prison system of the Central American country. Since March 2022, when President Nayib Bukele announced the state of emergency, more than 62,000 suspected gang members have been detained. (Photo by Alex Pena/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)