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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

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

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Recording Date: Oct 16, 2026

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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

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