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The arrival of inmates belonging to the MS-13 and 18 gangs to the new prison “Terrorist Confinement Centre” (CECOT), in Tecoluca, 74 km southeast of San Salvador, on February 25, 2023. The first group of 2,000 suspected gang members in El Salvador has 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. (Photo by Press Secretary Of The Presidency Of El Salvador/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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