SUSPECTED GANG MEMBERS WAIT TO BE TAKEN TO THEIR CELLS IN THE "TERRORISM CONFINEMENT CENTRE." PHOTOGRAPH: SECRETARIA DE PRENSA DE LA PRESIDENCIA/REUTERS
El Salvador moved around 2,000 inmates to a newly opened 40,000-capacity "mega-prison" to crack down on crime.
The accused gang members were moved on Friday to the "Terrorism Confinement Centre" (Cecot), the Americas' biggest prison.
Nayib Bukele, El Salvador's president, wrote on Twitter that the new prison "will be their new home, where they won't be able to do any more harm to the population."
- Arrests in the Central American nation reportedly can be made without a warrant, and suspects do not have the right to a lawyer.
- According to El Salvador's security minister, Bukele's crime crackdown efforts will continue until all criminals are captured.
