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Third-country removals: CECOT
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Search terms: Terrorism Confinement Center, Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo, Tecoluca, El Salvador
Collection
Updated 1mo
Search terms: Terrorism Confinement Center, Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo, Tecoluca, El Salvador
“You Have Arrived in Hell”
The 81-page report, “‘You Have Arrived in Hell’: Torture and Other Abuses Against Venezuelans in El Salvador’s Mega Prison,” provides a comprehensive account of the treatment of these people in El Salvador. In March and April 2025, the US government sent 252 Venezuelans, including dozens of asylum seekers, to the Center for Terrorism Confinement (Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo, CECOT) mega prison in El Salvador, despite credible reports of serious human rights abuses in El Salvador’s prisons. The Venezuelans were subject to refoulement—being sent to where they would face torture or persecution—arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance, torture, inhumane detention conditions and, in some cases, sexual violence.
Watch the 60 Minutes Inside CECOT segment Bari Weiss doesn’t want you to see
Thanks to Global TV in Canada, you can now watch the segment that a CBS …
Read the CBS Report Bari Weiss Doesn’t Want You to See
A transcript of the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, the notorious prison in El Salvador.
