Two thousand gang members were transferred to the largest prison in the Americas with a capacity of 40,000. President Bukele on his social media account, said that they had reached a level of security they are proud of in the war against gangs. Bukele, who introduced the video of the high-security mega-prison on his account, said, “This will be their new home where they will live in a mixed form for decades without causing further harm to the public.” Gustavo…

The first group of 2,000 suspected gang members in Elsalvador have been moved to a huge new prison, the centerpiece of President Nayib Bukele’s self-declared war on crime. Tens of thousands of suspected gangsters have been rounded up in the country under a state of emergency following a spike in murders and other violent crimes. The jail will eventually hold more than 40,000 people. Pictures show the first massive group of inmates – tattooed and barefoot – being led to…

On Friday, ElSalvador’s government transferred thousands of alleged gang members to a newly opened “mega-prison,” the latest step in a contentious crackdown on crime that has skyrocketed the country’s prison population. President Nayib Bukele stated on Twitter that “this will be their new home, where they won’t be able to do any more harm to the population.” Early on Friday morning, about 2,000 alleged gang members were transferred to the 40,000-person prison, which is thought to be the biggest in…