Colombia plans maximum-security mega-prisons in crime crackdown
- Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella has renewed his pledge to build maximum-security mega-prisons for members of the country’s most dangerous criminal groups.
- Speaking during a ceremony recognising Colombia’s new military leadership in Bogota, De la Espriella said some prisons had become centres for criminal operations.
- "It is regrettable that Colombia's prisons have ceased to be places of confinement to become dens - dens of criminality - universities of crime from which extortion and threats are made, murders are ordered and terrorist structures are directed," he said.
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- Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella has renewed his pledge to build maximum-security mega-prisons for members of the country’s most dangerous criminal groups.
- Speaking during a ceremony recognising Colombia’s new military leadership in Bogota, De la Espriella said some prisons had become centres for criminal operations.
- "It is regrettable that Colombia's prisons have ceased to be places of confinement to become dens - dens of criminality - universities of crime from which extortion and threats are made, murders are ordered and terrorist structures are directed," he said.
Sources: Globalsouthworld