Cecot

alternative CECOT

1. The Terrorism Confinement Center; a large maximum security prison located in Tecoluca, El Salvador.

   But the ruthless cleaning up of those streets and merciless treatment of gang members have triggered outrage and concern among human rights organizations, which have condemned Cecot as inhumane and unacceptable.

   2024 November 6, David Culver, Abel Alvarado, Evelio Contreras and Rachel Clarke, “Exclusive: Locking eyes with mass murderers in El Salvador”, in CNN

1. Alternative letter-case form of Cecot.

   El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center, commonly referred to as CECOT, is the country’s largest and newest prison, with a maximum capacity of 40,000 inmates.

   2025 February 3, Stefano Pozzebon, Jessie Yeung, Marlon Sorto and Lex Harvey, “El Salvador offers to house violent US criminals and deportees of any nationality in unprecedented deal”, in CNN

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   Once the planes arrived in El Salvador, the male detainees⁷ were stripped and shackled. Their heads were shaved, and they were marched into CECOT to join nearly 40,000 other prisoners held in some of the most inhumane and squalid conditions known in any carceral system. ECF No. 10-3. Since then, no one has heard from Abrego Garcia. ECF No. 1 ¶ 41.

   2025 April 6, “KILMAR ARMANDO ABREGO GARCIA, et al. v. KRISTI NOEM, Secretary, United States Department of Homeland Security, et al.”, in United States District Court for the District of Maryland, page 5