Terrorism Confinement Center

The Terrorism Confinement Center (Spanish: Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo [CECOT], lit. 'Center for the Confinement of Terrorism') is a prison in Tecoluca, El Salvador. The prison was built in late 2022, when a big operation to arrest gang members in the country. The Salvadoran government opened the prison in late January 2023. It began transferring inmates the next month. References