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El Salvador Jails 2,000 More Suspects After Arresting 65,000 in Anti-Gang Campaign

A second group of 2,000 detainees are moved overnight to the mega-prison Terrorist Confinement Centre (CECOT)in Tecoluca, El Salvador on March 15.

A second group of 2,000 detainees are moved overnight to the mega-prison Terrorist Confinement Centre (CECOT)in Tecoluca, El Salvador on March 15.

Photographer: Presidencia El Salvador/Getty Images 

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (MARCOS ALEMAN)

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador’s government sent 2,000 more suspects to a huge new prison built especially for gang members Wednesday, and the the justice minister vowed that “they will never return” to the streets.

The tough statement came as the administration of President Nayib Bukele asked for yet another extension of an anti-gang emergency measures that would take the crackdown into its 13th month.