Alleged gang members arrive at new mega-prison in El Salvador



New photos out of El Salvador show 2,000 alleged gang members packed into the country’s largest brand-new prison. NBC’s Valerie Castro explains why the nation’s president hails the move as a victory while human rights groups are sounding the alarm.

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40 comments

  1. That's horrible. , they don't have mattress, clothes, some won't see light. Do they even have proper food ? That's torture.

  2. That's a real jail/prison. The United States needs to build massive prisons like this too and to keep all murders and killers from death their fault. To keep all the suspects that America let's out each and every day.

  3. FREE THEM 🇸🇻 Bros 💯💯💯💯

  4. Why is your voice so low pitch if you wanted me to hear you you would have

  5. We need this here in the US our prison systems are way to lenient to the criminals. Going to jail for them is just a vacation from their outside responsibility until release and rearrest. Bless this president for truly caring for his people and their safety.

  6. Have you ever heard a high patch of voice before she wants you to be a voice

  7. When you have a loud situation going you can hear the high frequencies over the low Frequency

  8. Do US should follow El Salvador’s lead on how they build those prisons instead of the US spending billions on housing or prisoners we should do what El Salvador is doing

  9. Is they all so cute can I have one

  10. Yooooo come be America's president if it works that well 🤣

  11. What is suprising is the share amount of criminals that are there

  12. As a Salvadorian I am so proud our country is finally doing something good

  13. The u.s can't even do this haaha

  14. those children will chop your head off

  15. We need a Bukele in Mexico, unfortunately "human rights" only exist for the criminal but not the victims.

  16. Wouldn’t execution be faster and cheaper?

  17. Good finally a leader who's willing to just say no to crime and actually do something for once

  18. went to El Salvador 5 months ago to go visit my roots, fell in love with the people and country, felt soooo safe that im going back in a few months, cant wait, so anyone speaking about these criminals having rights should shut up…

  19. Gotta love this dude bukele , my people had said every since he took action people feel free and don't have to watch there back everytime. El Salvador it's a beautiful country and this fool's we're destroying it, now it's coming back enjoy a pupusa with no worries.

  20. We need this here in the U.S

  21. Human centipedes 😭

  22. Good take the one from American ship over there to put them in those holes

  23. I hope that they caught only the bad guys. In some Latin American countries they would capture any person they didn’t like or just random people because they needed to increase the number of people arrested to get a commission.

  24. They deserve to be where they are.
    Guilty by association.

  25. They're surenos now right?

  26. He has good approval even from people outside el sal vador why the news only focus on the negative

  27. Since when does America care about the approval ratings of Latin American heads of state? If Maduro was number 1, you think they would've covered that? Of course not. They pick and choose based on who is America's puppet/lap dog and who isn't.

  28. Other leaders should learn from this leader in how to handle this gang issues.

  29. He is showing the way to latin America, hopefully Mexico follow through .

  30. You realize that most of them haven't committed any crimes, they were forcefully taken just for being in the gangs. Which is fu**Ed up. Imagine being dirt poor, having no choice, and then being arrested for no reason to sleep without mattresses and eat from a dog bowl 🤦‍♂️. This wouldn't work in America at all. You can't arrest gang members for no reason.

  31. Send our most violent there, since we cumbaya with open boarders❗️

  32. Those "childeren" you speak of are cold killers and would do things to your body you wouldn't want done consensually. So don't give em a pass

  33. They need this in the USA n more correction officers

  34. These gang members running like little scary girls 😂😂😂. Well. Aren’t u tough with just no shirt on your back. Hehe. Who’s your bro now?

  35. Cimminal should not be treated humanly

  36. Treat these criminals gangs like animals and not humane.

  37. Hey U.S what are u waiting for?????