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Church in El Salvador

CECOT and the Church in El Salvador

The Trump administration has plans to send prisoners to a Salvadoran mega-prison. What has the Church said about the place?

Edgar Beltrán
Feb 12, 2025
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Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele announced this month an agreement with the U.S. government, which would apparently house in Salvadoran prisons U.S. deportees who had been convicted of crimes.

CECOT. La Prensa Gráfica/wikimedia cc by sa 3,0

While details have not been announced, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said last week that “we can send [migrants] a…

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