(ANSA) - SAO PAULO, FEBRUARY 26 - Human rights defenders criticize the new mega-penitentiary of Tecoluca, in Salvador, assimilating it to a concentration camp, both for the high number of people who will be held there, and because they will be deprived of any right.
The online Elsalvador.com reports it.
The outcry over the largest prison in Latin America and among the largest in the world comes after President Nayib Bukele's announcement of the arrival of two thousand inmates in the prison and above all after the dissemination of images of the transfer, which are going viral.
40 thousand of the over 64 thousand prisoners arrested under the state of emergency, in force since March 2022, declared by the Executive for the fight against criminal gangs, are destined for the facility.
The mega-prison, known as the Terrorist Relegation Center (CECOT), will have a security system with 19 guard towers and fences electrified at 15,000 volts, supplemented by 600 army and 250 national police units.
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