Costa Rica opens a Bukele-style mega-prison. Here's how it got here
- SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica -- SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica (AP) — Costa Rica, considered for decades a peaceful enclave in turbulent Central America, has now made fighting drug trafficking one of its main goals.
- And it is turning to one of its Central American neighbors for inspiration in its hardline crackdown.
- On Wednesday, President Laura Fernández inaugurated a mega-prison that emulates the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) that has become a symbol of Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele's security strategy.
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- SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica -- SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica (AP) — Costa Rica, considered for decades a peaceful enclave in turbulent Central America, has now made fighting drug trafficking one of its main goals.
- And it is turning to one of its Central American neighbors for inspiration in its hardline crackdown.
- On Wednesday, President Laura Fernández inaugurated a mega-prison that emulates the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) that has become a symbol of Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele's security strategy.
Sources: ABC News