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Costa Rica latest to adopt Bukele blueprint with new mega-prison

Associated Press · South China Morning Post

Published 15 Oct 2026, 2:53 pm·1 h ago·1 min read

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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 neighbours for inspiration in its hardline crackdown. On Wednesday, President Laura Fernandez inaugurated a mega-prison that emulates the Terrorism Confinement Centre (CECOT) that has become a symbol of Salvadorean President Nayib Bukele’s security strategy. Bukele has managed to reduce murders to a...

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