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Category: El Salvador, Prisons

El Salvador, Prisons

Soldier of Fortune Magazine: El Salvador’s Tattoo Dragnet Flipped the Script in War on Gangs

Royce de Melo, September 15, 2025October 3, 2025

by Royce de Melo Link: Soldier of Fortune Magazin:, El Salvador’s Tattoo Dragnet Flipped the Script in War on Gangs: https://sofmag.com/el-salvador-tattoo-war-on-gangs/ Some meters ahead of me on the left side of the street, two soldiers armed with M16 A1/A2 rifles approach a young man. He definitely caught their attention. As…

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El Salvador, Prisons

BBC News report ‘Could US criminals be sent to El Salvador’s mega-jail?’

Royce de Melo, February 4, 2025February 13, 2025

Having worked briefly in El Salvador during the Emergency Regime and the War on Gangs, I was keeping track of the building of the mega-prison known as Cecot (the Terrorism Confinement Centre). At the time, I learned and reported that Cecot technically was/is violating the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules…

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