El Salvador opens huge new prison as 2% of its population is now behind bars

On taking office in 2019 El Salvador President Nayib Bukele vowed to “escalate the war” against the gangs that control large swathes of the country and its economy. Last year he petitioned Congress to pass a “state of exception,” which grants police and armed forces extraordinary powers to make…

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