
El Salvador initiates transfers to a “mega prison” amid gang crackdown
Some 2,000 alleged gang members were transferred to the 40,000-person capacity prison. More than 64,000 individuals have been apprehended in the anti-crime dragnet. Human rights organizations claim that the strategy has harmed innocent people. El Salvador‘s government transferred hundreds of suspected gang members to a newly opened “mega-prison” on Friday, the latest step in a contentious crackdown on crime that









