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in 2023 El Salvador constructed the
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Centro de Confinto del Terrorismo known
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as Seikkot a prison built to hold up to
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40,000 inmates officially the facility
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was created to combat gang violence but
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internal leaks satellite imagery and
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whistleblower reports suggest it
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operates as a death camp beginning in
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early 2025 the United States using the
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Alien Enemies Act deported hundreds of
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Venezuelan migrants many with no
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criminal history directly to SECOT once
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inside prisoners are stripped of legal
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rights denied family contact and held
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indefinitely without trial
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whistleblowers report extreme
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overcrowding systematic starvation
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beatings and extended use of stress
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positions satellite imagery shows areas
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of the prison where no inmate movement
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is recorded suggesting sectors
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designated for disappearances deaths
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inside are not reported bodies are not
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returned in March 2025 underground
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footage captured trucks believed to be
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mobile crematoriums entering the
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facility under the cover of darkness
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shortly after users on Reddit and
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independent researchers spotted what
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appeared to be large blood stains on the
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pavement outside one of the SECOT
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structures visible on Google Maps within
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days of it being widely shared the
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imagery was updated and the stains were
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digitally removed without public
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explanation survivors describe open air
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cages food rations insufficient for
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survival and routine torture hidden
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under the guise of discipline reports
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confirm that political dissident
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journalists and civilians with no proven
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gang ties are among those detained no
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independent international observers have
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been allowed to inspect the facility the
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Salvadoran government continues to stage
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controlled media tours showing sanitized
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conditions while real operations remain
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hidden every prisoner sentenced under
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BCless emergency orders remains
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imprisoned without release reddit
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investigations tracking deport lists
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have documented that individuals
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disappeared within days of arrival
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satellite monitoring has recorded
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consistent nighttime movements in
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restricted zones of the prison not
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accounted for by legal transfers
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internal leaks estimate that thousands
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have died inside CCOT since its opening
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no trials no records no accountability