This macro-prison for gang members has a capacity for up to 40,000 inmates, so it has been able to accommodate the 2,000 prisoners transferred from the Izalco, Ciudad Barrios and San Vicente prisons, in a maneuver that has left shocking images.
This macro-prison for gang members has a capacity for up to 40,000 inmates, so it has been able to accommodate the 2,000 prisoners transferred from the Izalco, Ciudad Barrios and San Vicente prisons, in a maneuver that has left shocking images.
The operation is a consequence of exception regime decreed two years ago by the Salvadoran president, criticized by Human Rights organizations, which the Government of El Salvador defends as a necessary measure to combat the gangs.