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An aerial view of the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (Cecot) in Tecoluca, El Salvador, in an image released by the Salvadoran presidency in 2023.

Regional security

Costa Rica and El Salvador agree to cooperate against transnational crime after Fernández tours the Cecot

Costa Rican President Laura Fernández Delgado at the presidential handover ceremony, on 8 May 2026.

Costa Rica opens its largest prison on Wednesday: 5,100 places, with Bukele's Cecot as the model

Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa at the Government Palace in Quito in April 2025.

Ecuador's Noboa declares new state of emergency in eight provinces and the year's third curfew