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WATCH | Inside the El Salvador mega-prison holding US deportees

The US has sent hundreds of mostly Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador to be held without trial in a controversial mega-prison. Here is what we know about CECOT.

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) speaks to the media during a visit to El Salvador to advocate for the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran man deported without due process by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump as an alleged MS-13 gang member and sent to the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT), in San Salvador, El Salvador, April 16, 2025. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas
U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) speaks to the media during a visit to El Salvador to advocate for the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran man deported without due process by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump as an alleged MS-13 gang member and sent to the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT), in San Salvador, El Salvador, April 16, 2025. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas (Jose Cabezas)

The US has sent hundreds of mostly Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador to be held without trial in a controversial mega-prison. Here is what we know about CECOT. 

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