El Salvador: Laura Fernandez visits the CECOT high-security prison in Tecoluca

Oct 16, 2026

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October 16, 2026, Tecoluca, San Vicente, El Salvador: Gang members are seen through their cells during Costa Rican President Laura Fernandez s tour of the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT), in Tecoluca. Fernandez is on a three-day official visit to El Salvador to see the maximum-security prison that President Nayib Bukele’s government built as part of its crackdown on gangs. Costa Rica recently opened its own high-security prison, the High Containment Center Against Organized Crime, which is modeled on CECOT. Tecoluca El Salvador - ZUMAs197 20261016_aaa_s197_488 Copyright: xCamiloxFreedmanx
October 16, 2026, Tecoluca, San Vicente, El Salvador: Gang members are seen through their cells during Costa Rican President Laura Fernandez s tour of the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT), in Tecoluca. Fernandez is on a three-day official visit to El Salvador to see the maximum-security prison that President Nayib Bukele’s government built as part of its crackdown on gangs. Costa Rica recently opened its own high-security prison, the High Containment Center Against Organized Crime, which is modeled on CECOT. Tecoluca El Salvador - ZUMAs197 20261016_aaa_s197_485 Copyright: xCamiloxFreedmanx
October 16, 2026, Tecoluca, San Vicente, El Salvador: Gang members are seen through their cells during Costa Rican President Laura Fernandez s tour of the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT), in Tecoluca. Fernandez is on a three-day official visit to El Salvador to see the maximum-security prison that President Nayib Bukele’s government built as part of its crackdown on gangs. Costa Rica recently opened its own high-security prison, the High Containment Center Against Organized Crime, which is modeled on CECOT. Tecoluca El Salvador - ZUMAs197 20261016_aaa_s197_487 Copyright: xCamiloxFreedmanx
October 16, 2026, Tecoluca, San Vicente, El Salvador: Gang members are seen through their cells during Costa Rican President Laura Fernandez s tour of the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT), in Tecoluca. Fernandez is on a three-day official visit to El Salvador to see the maximum-security prison that President Nayib Bukele’s government built as part of its crackdown on gangs. Costa Rica recently opened its own high-security prison, the High Containment Center Against Organized Crime, which is modeled on CECOT. Tecoluca El Salvador - ZUMAs197 20261016_aaa_s197_484 Copyright: xCamiloxFreedmanx
October 16, 2026, Tecoluca, San Vicente, El Salvador: Soldiers stand guard during Costa Rican President Laura Fernández s tour of the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT), in Tecoluca. Fernández is on a three-day official visit to El Salvador to see the maximum-security prison that President Nayib Bukele’s government built as part of its crackdown on gangs. Costa Rica recently opened its own high-security prison, the High Containment Center Against Organized Crime, which is modeled on CECOT. Tecoluca El Salvador - ZUMAs197 20261016_aaa_s197_483 Copyright: xCamiloxFreedmanx
October 16, 2026, Tecoluca, San Vicente, El Salvador: Costa Rican President Laura Fernández tours the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) alongside Salvadoran Justice and Public Security Minister Gustavo Villatoro (R) in Tecoluca. Fernández is on a three-day official visit to El Salvador to see the maximum-security prison that President Nayib Bukele’s government built as part of its crackdown on gangs. Costa Rica recently opened its own high-security prison, the High Containment Center Against Organized Crime, which is modeled on CECOT. Tecoluca El Salvador - ZUMAs197 20261016_aaa_s197_481 Copyright: xCamiloxFreedmanx
October 16, 2026, Tecoluca, San Vicente, El Salvador: Gang members are seen through their cells during Costa Rican President Laura Fernandez s tour of the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT), in Tecoluca. Fernandez is on a three-day official visit to El Salvador to see the maximum-security prison that President Nayib Bukele’s government built as part of its crackdown on gangs. Costa Rica recently opened its own high-security prison, the High Containment Center Against Organized Crime, which is modeled on CECOT. Tecoluca El Salvador - ZUMAs197 20261016_aaa_s197_482 Copyright: xCamiloxFreedmanx
October 16, 2026, Tecoluca, San Vicente, El Salvador: Gang members are seen through their cells during Costa Rican President Laura Fernández s tour of the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT), in Tecoluca. Fernández is on a three-day official visit to El Salvador to see the maximum-security prison that President Nayib Bukele’s government built as part of its crackdown on gangs. Costa Rica recently opened its own high-security prison, the High Containment Center Against Organized Crime, which is modeled on CECOT. Tecoluca El Salvador - ZUMAs197 20261016_aaa_s197_480 Copyright: xCamiloxFreedmanx
October 16, 2026, Tecoluca, San Vicente, El Salvador: Gang members are seen as Costa Rican President Laura Fernández tours the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT), in Tecoluca. Fernández is on a three-day official visit to El Salvador to see the maximum-security prison that President Nayib Bukele’s government built as part of its crackdown on gangs. Costa Rica recently opened its own high-security prison, the High Containment Center Against Organized Crime, which is modeled on CECOT. Tecoluca El Salvador - ZUMAs197 20261016_aaa_s197_479 Copyright: xCamiloxFreedmanx
October 16, 2026, Tecoluca, San Vicente, El Salvador: Gang members are seen through their cells during Costa Rican President Laura Fernandez s tour of the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT), in Tecoluca. Fernandez is on a three-day official visit to El Salvador to see the maximum-security prison that President Nayib Bukele’s government built as part of its crackdown on gangs. Costa Rica recently opened its own high-security prison, the High Containment Center Against Organized Crime, which is modeled on CECOT. Tecoluca El Salvador - ZUMAs197 20261016_aaa_s197_478 Copyright: xCamiloxFreedmanx
October 16, 2026, Tecoluca, San Vicente, El Salvador: Gang members are seen through their cells during Costa Rican President Laura Fernández s tour of the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT), in Tecoluca. Fernández is on a three-day official visit to El Salvador to see the maximum-security prison that President Nayib Bukele’s government built as part of its crackdown on gangs. Costa Rica recently opened its own high-security prison, the High Containment Center Against Organized Crime, which is modeled on CECOT. Tecoluca El Salvador - ZUMAs197 20261016_aaa_s197_477 Copyright: xCamiloxFreedmanx
October 16, 2026, Tecoluca, San Vicente, El Salvador: Costa Rican President Laura Fernández takes part in a meeting at the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) alongside Salvadoran Justice and Public Security Minister Gustavo Villatoro, in Tecoluca. Fernández is on a three-day official visit to El Salvador to see the maximum-security prison that President Nayib Bukele’s government built as part of its crackdown on gangs. Costa Rica recently opened its own high-security prison, the High Containment Center Against Organized Crime, which is modeled on CECOT. Tecoluca El Salvador - ZUMAs197 20261016_aaa_s197_476 Copyright: xCamiloxFreedmanx
October 16, 2026, Tecoluca, San Vicente, El Salvador: Costa Rican President Laura Fernández tours the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) alongside Salvadoran Justice and Public Security Minister Gustavo Villatoro (L) in Tecoluca. Fernández is on a three-day official visit to El Salvador to see the maximum-security prison that President Nayib Bukele’s government built as part of its crackdown on gangs. Costa Rica recently opened its own high-security prison, the High Containment Center Against Organized Crime, which is modeled on CECOT. Tecoluca El Salvador - ZUMAs197 20261016_aaa_s197_475 Copyright: xCamiloxFreedmanx
October 16, 2026, Tecoluca, San Vicente, El Salvador: Gang members are seen during Costa Rican President Laura Fernández s tour of the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT), in Tecoluca. Fernández is on a three-day official visit to El Salvador to see the maximum-security prison that President Nayib Bukele’s government built as part of its crackdown on gangs. Costa Rica recently opened its own high-security prison, the High Containment Center Against Organized Crime, which is modeled on CECOT. Tecoluca El Salvador - ZUMAs197 20261016_aaa_s197_474 Copyright: xCamiloxFreedmanx
October 16, 2026, Tecoluca, San Vicente, El Salvador: Costa Rican President Laura Fernández tours the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) alongside Salvadoran Justice and Public Security Minister Gustavo Villatoro (L) in Tecoluca. Fernández is on a three-day official visit to El Salvador to see the maximum-security prison that President Nayib Bukele’s government built as part of its crackdown on gangs. Costa Rica recently opened its own high-security prison, the High Containment Center Against Organized Crime, which is modeled on CECOT. Tecoluca El Salvador - ZUMAs197 20261016_aaa_s197_473 Copyright: xCamiloxFreedmanx
October 16, 2026, Tecoluca, San Vicente, El Salvador: Costa Rican President Laura Fernández takes part in a meeting at the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) alongside Salvadoran Justice and Public Security Minister Gustavo Villatoro, in Tecoluca. Fernández is on a three-day official visit to El Salvador to see the maximum-security prison that President Nayib Bukele’s government built as part of its crackdown on gangs. Costa Rica recently opened its own high-security prison, the High Containment Center Against Organized Crime, which is modeled on CECOT. Tecoluca El Salvador - ZUMAs197 20261016_aaa_s197_472 Copyright: xCamiloxFreedmanx
October 16, 2026, Tecoluca, San Vicente, El Salvador: Gang members are seen through their cells during Costa Rican President Laura Fernández s tour of the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT), in Tecoluca. Fernández is on a three-day official visit to El Salvador to see the maximum-security prison that President Nayib Bukele’s government built as part of its crackdown on gangs. Costa Rica recently opened its own high-security prison, the High Containment Center Against Organized Crime, which is modeled on CECOT. Tecoluca El Salvador - ZUMAs197 20261016_aaa_s197_471 Copyright: xCamiloxFreedmanx
October 16, 2026, Tecoluca, San Vicente, El Salvador: Soldiers stand guard during Costa Rican President Laura Fernández s tour of the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT), in Tecoluca. Fernández is on a three-day official visit to El Salvador to see the maximum-security prison that President Nayib Bukele’s government built as part of its crackdown on gangs. Costa Rica recently opened its own high-security prison, the High Containment Center Against Organized Crime, which is modeled on CECOT. Tecoluca El Salvador - ZUMAs197 20261016_aaa_s197_470 Copyright: xCamiloxFreedmanx
October 16, 2026, Tecoluca, San Vicente, El Salvador: Costa Rican President Laura Fernández takes part in a meeting at the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) alongside Salvadoran Justice and Public Security Minister Gustavo Villatoro, in Tecoluca. Fernández is on a three-day official visit to El Salvador to see the maximum-security prison that President Nayib Bukele’s government built as part of its crackdown on gangs. Costa Rica recently opened its own high-security prison, the High Containment Center Against Organized Crime, which is modeled on CECOT. Tecoluca El Salvador - ZUMAs197 20261016_aaa_s197_469 Copyright: xCamiloxFreedmanx

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