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El Salvador offers to house violent US criminals and deportees of any nationality in unprecedented deal
By Stefano Pozzebon, Jessie Yeung and Marlon Sorto, CNN3 minute read
Updated 11:07 PM EST, Mon February 3, 2025
![TECOLUCA, EL SALVADOR - FEBRUARY 24: A first group of 2,000 detainees are moved to the mega- prison Terrorist Confinement Centre (CECOT) on February 24, 2023 in Tecoluca, El Salvador. Since president Nayib Bukele announced state of exception in March 2022, over 62,000 suspected gang members have been arrested. Human Rights organizations denounce abuses and due process violations. El Salvador has one of highest crime rates in Latin America. (Photo by Presidencia El Salvador via Getty Images ) TECOLUCA, EL SALVADOR - FEBRUARY 24: A first group of 2,000 detainees are moved to the mega- prison Terrorist Confinement Centre (CECOT) on February 24, 2023 in Tecoluca, El Salvador. Since president Nayib Bukele announced state of exception in March 2022, over 62,000 suspected gang members have been arrested. Human Rights organizations denounce abuses and due process violations. El Salvador has one of highest crime rates in Latin America. (Photo by Presidencia El Salvador via Getty Images )](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/230307160825-02-prison-nayib-bukele.jpg?c=16x9&q=h_833,w_1480,c_fill)
Detainees at the Cecot mega-prison in Tecoluca, El Salvador, on February 24, 2023.
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CNN —
El Salvador has agreed to house violent US criminals and receive deportees of any nationality, in an unprecedented deal with the Trump administration that has alarmed critics and rights groups.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the agreement on Monday after meeting with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, as he visits several Central American countries to drive forward the White House’s agenda on migration
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