Terrorism Confinement Center (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Terrorism Confinement Center" in English language version.

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alertamundialnoticias.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Parra, J. (29 November 2023). "Bukele Anuncia la Construcción de Una Cárcel Únicamente para los Corruptos" [Bukele Announces the Construction of a Prison Only for Corrupt People]. Alerta Mundial (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 3 December 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.

alianzaamericas.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Qué es un Régimen de Excepción – El Salvador" [What is a State of Exception – El Salvador]. Alianza Americas (in Spanish). 27 April 2022. Archived from the original on 7 September 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2022.

aljazeera.com (Global: 268^th place; English: 215^th place)

"El Salvador's Bukele Suggests Prisoner Swap for Venezuelans Deported by US". Al Jazeera English. 20 April 2025. Archived from the original on 21 April 2025. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
"Honduras to Build 20,000-Inmate 'Megaprison' as Part of Gang Crackdown". Al Jazeera English. 15 June 2024. Archived from the original on 15 June 2024. Retrieved 15 June 2024.

americasquarterly.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

McFarland, Stephen G. (15 December 2021). "From Bad to Worse: Nayib Bukele's Split with Washington". Americas Quarterly. Archived from the original on 18 February 2023. Retrieved 16 March 2025.

amnesty.org (Global: 1,367^th place; English: 1,176^th place)

"The Human Cost of the Repressive Cooperation Between the US and El Salvador". Amnesty International. 15 April 2025. Archived from the original on 17 April 2025. Retrieved 17 April 2025.

apnews.com (Global: 129^th place; English: 89^th place)

Alemán, Marcos (4 February 2025). "What to Know about El Salvador's Mega-Prison After Trump Deal to Send People There". Associated Press. San Salvador, El Salvador. Archived from the original on 7 April 2025. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
Alemán, Marcos; Garcia Cano, Regina (16 March 2025). "What to Know About El Salvador's Mega-Prison After Trump Sent Hundreds of Immigrants There". Associated Press. San Salvador, El Salvador. Archived from the original on 17 April 2025. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
Lee, Matthew & Garcia Caro, Regina (15 March 2025). "US Prepares to Deport About 300 Alleged Gang Members to El Salvador". Associated Press. Washington, D.C., United States. Archived from the original on 16 April 2025. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
Sherman, Mark & Whitehurst, Lindsay (7 April 2025). "Supreme Court Allows Trump to Deport Venezuelans Under Wartime Law, But Only After Judges' Review". Associated Press. Washington, D.C., United States. Archived from the original on 11 April 2025. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
Groves, Stephen; Gomez Licon, Adriana (18 April 2025). "The Abrego Garcia Case Pulls Democrats into the Immigration Debate Trump Wants to Have". Associated Press. Washington, D.C. and Fort Lauderdale. Archived from the original on 18 April 2025. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
Alemán, Marcos; Janetsky, Megan (20 April 2025). "Salvadoran President Bukele Proposes Prisoner Swap with Maduro for Venezuelan Deportees". Associated Press. San Salvador, El Salvador. Archived from the original on 20 April 2025. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
Alemán, Marcos & Meléndez, Salvador (3 February 2023). "El Salvador Bets Safety on Incarceration; Unveils New Prison". Associated Press. Tecoluca, El Salvador. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
Pérez D., Sonia (4 June 2023). "Guatemala's Presidential Hopefuls Channel Heavy-Handed Tactics of El Salvador's Leader". Associated Press. Guatemala City, Guatemala. Archived from the original on 5 June 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2023.

barrons.com (Global: 2,737^th place; English: 1,700^th place)

"Second Group Of Prisoners Transferred To El Salvador Mega-Jail". Barron's. 15 March 2023. Archived from the original on 30 March 2023. Retrieved 15 March 2023.

bbc.co.uk (Global: 8^th place; English: 10^th place)

Ventas, Leire; García, Carlos (14 July 2023). Gil, Tamara; Robino, Carolina; Olona, Carol; García Marco, Daniel; Buckley, Sarah (eds.). "El Salvador's Secretive Mega-Jail". BBC News. Archived from the original on 31 January 2025. Retrieved 31 January 2025.

bbc.com (Global: 20^th place; English: 30^th place)

Ventas, Leire (14 February 2024). "Coming Face to Face with Inmates in El Salvador's Mega-Jail". BBC News. Archived from the original on 26 January 2025. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
Valencia, Roberto (29 December 2023). "La Cena de Navidad en la Megacárcel de Bukele" [Christmas Dinner in Bukele's Megaprison]. BBC Mundo (in Spanish). Tecoluca, El Salvador. Archived from the original on 20 January 2024. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
Hayes, Christal (18 April 2025). "US Senator Meets Man Mistakenly Deported to El Salvador". BBC News. Archived from the original on 18 April 2025. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
Wilson, Tabby (22 July 2025). "Migrants Tortured in El Salvador, Venezuela Says". BBC. Archived from the original on 22 July 2025. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
"Thousands of Tattooed Inmates Pictured in El Salvador Mega-Prison". BBC. 25 February 2023. Archived from the original on 21 April 2023. Retrieved 25 April 2023.

bloomberglinea.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Romero, Fátima (1 February 2023). "Bukele Presenta "La Cárcel Más Grande de América" para 40.000 Reos" [Bukele Presents "the Biggest Prison in America" for 40,000 Inmates]. Bloomberg Línea (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 14 March 2023. Retrieved 11 September 2023.

brown.edu (Global: 2,481^st place; English: 1,558^th place)

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Abrego, Leisy J. & Osuna, Steven (22 January 2023). "The State of Exception: Gangs as a Neoliberal Scapegoat in El Salvador". Brown Journal of World Affairs. 29 (1): 59–73. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2023.

cbsnews.com (Global: 108^th place; English: 80^th place)

Luciano, Lilia (14 February 2025). "Inside El Salvador's Notorious Cecot Mega-Prison, Which Could Soon House Deportees From the U.S." CBS News. San Salvador, El Salvador. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
Vega, Cecilia (6 April 2025). "U.S. Sent 238 Migrants to Salvadoran Mega-Prison; Documents Indicate Most Have No Apparent Criminal Records". CBS News. Archived from the original on 7 April 2025. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
Walsh, Joe (2 July 2025). "Kilmar Abrego Garcia Alleges "Severe Mistreatment" and "Psychological Torture" at Salvadoran Mega-Prison". CBS News. Archived from the original on 3 July 2025. Retrieved 4 July 2025.

cnn.com (Global: 28^th place; English: 26^th place)

Culver, David; Alvarado, Abel & Contreras, Evelio (13 November 2024). Clarke, Rachel (ed.). "Exclusive: Locking Eyes with Mass Murderers in El Salvador". CNN (in Spanish). Tecoluca, El Salvador. Archived from the original on 8 November 2024. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
Culver, David; Alvarado, Abel; Contreras, Evelio; Clarke, Rachel (8 April 2025). "In Notorious Salvadoran Prison, US Deportees Live in Identical Cells to Convicted Gangsters". CNN. Tecoluca, El Salvador. Archived from the original on 10 April 2025. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
Pozzebon, Stefano; Yeung, Jessie; Soroto, Marlon & Harvey, Lex (3 February 2025). "El Salvador Offers to House Violent U.S. Criminals and Deportees of Any Nationality in Unprecedented Deal". CNN. Archived from the original on 4 February 2025. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
Pozzebon, Stefano (7 March 2023). "Why El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele Wants Everyone to Know About His New Prison". CNN. Archived from the original on 2 March 2025. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
Rios, Michael (17 March 2025). "What We Know About El Salvador's 'Mega Prison' Where Trump Is Sending Alleged Venezuelan Gang Members". CNN. Archived from the original on 16 April 2025. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
Culver, David & Clarke, Rachel (14 November 2024). "Matt Gaetz Would Oversee US Prisons as AG. He Thinks El Salvador's Hardline Lockups are a Model". CNN. Archived from the original on 15 November 2024. Retrieved 15 November 2024.

dw.com (Global: 204^th place; English: 353^rd place)

Santacecilia, María (6 February 2025). "Dos Años del CECOT, el Emblema de la Mano Dura de Bukele" [Two Years of CECOT, the Emblem of Bukele's Iron Fist]. DW Español (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 17 March 2025. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
"Petro: Megacárcel de El Salvador es "Campo de Concentración"" [Petro: El Salvador Mega-Prison is a "Concentration Camp"]. DW News (in Spanish). 2 February 2023. Archived from the original on 7 April 2025. Retrieved 7 April 2025.

elmundo.sv (Global: low place; English: low place)

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Crespín, Verónica (12 November 2024). "El CECOT Costó al Menos $115 Millones en Construcción y Equipamiento, Revela Bukele" [CECOT Cost At Least $115 Million in Construction and Equipment, Reveals Bukele]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 12 November 2024. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
Guzmán, Jessica (12 December 2025). "El Presidente de Costa Rica Conoció y Recorrió el CECOT" [The President of Costa Rica Familiarized Himself With and Toured CECOT]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 December 2025.

elpais.com (Global: 84^th place; English: 370^th place)

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Quesada, Juan Diego (7 February 2024). "Inside Nayib Bukele's Alcatraz: 'It Is Impossible to Escape. These Psychopaths are Going to Spend Their Whole Lives Behind Bars Here'". El País. Archived from the original on 14 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
Rodríguez, Andrés (21 February 2024). "Frivolizing Bukele's 'Alcatraz': Luisito Comunica's Latest Controversy". El País (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico. Archived from the original on 14 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.

elsalvador.com (Global: 4,929^th place; English: 6,948^th place)

Rodríguez, Milton (7 March 2023). "Gobierno Oculta el Costo y los Contratos de Construcción del Megapenal de Tecoluca" [Government Hides the Cost and Construction Contracts of the Tecoluca Mega Penalty]. El Diario de Hoy (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
Alfaro, Xiomara (28 November 2023). "Bukele Anuncia Construcción de CECOC: Centro de Reclusión para Corruptos" [Bukele Announces the Construction of CECOC: Center for the Imprisonment of Corrupt Individuals]. El Diario de Hoy (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 13 January 2025. Retrieved 7 April 2025.

eluniverso.com (Global: 1,233^rd place; English: 2,835^th place)

"Jorge Glas Llegó a la Cárcel del Encuentro con una Pena Unificada de Ocho Años de Prisión, Una Sentencia de Trece Años por Peculado y en la Mira de la Fiscalía por el caso Magnicidio FV" [Jorge Glas Arrived at the El Encuentro Prison with a Combined Sentence of Eight Years in Prison, a Thirteen-Year Sentence for Embezzlement, and Under Investigation by the Prosecutor's Office for the FV Magnicide Case]. El Universo (in Spanish). 11 November 2025. Retrieved 12 November 2025.

foreignpolicy.com (Global: 1,116^th place; English: 790^th place)

Sharp, Alexandra (14 April 2025). "Trump, Bukele Discuss Deportation Flights to El Salvador". Foreign Policy. Archived from the original on 14 April 2025. Retrieved 15 April 2025.

ft.com (Global: 210^th place; English: 157^th place)

Murray, Christine (5 April 2022). "El Salvador's Gang Crackdown Prompts Fears of Growing Authoritarianism". Financial Times. Mexico City, Mexico. Archived from the original on 6 April 2022. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
Agren, David (23 August 2022). "El Salvador Builds 40,000-Inmate Mega-Prison in "War Against Gangs"". Financial Times (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico. Archived from the original on 10 January 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
Murray, Christine; Smith, Alan & Cook, Christopher (6 March 2023). "Inside El Salvador's Mega-Prison: The Jail Giving Inmates Less Space than Livestock". Financial Times. Mexico City and London. Archived from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2023.

hollywoodreporter.com (Global: 15^th place; English: 16^th place)

Weprin, Alex (23 December 2025). "Spiked '60 Minutes' Segment Spreads Online After Canadian TV Network Posts Unedited Episode". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 23 December 2025.

hrw.org (Global: 729^th place; English: 650^th place)

"El Salvador: Broad 'State of Emergency' Risks Abuse". Human Rights Watch. Washington, D.C., United States. 29 March 2022. Archived from the original on 10 January 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
Pappier, Juan (7 December 2022). ""We Can Arrest Anyone We Want"". Human Rights Watch. Archived from the original on 16 August 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2025.

insightcrime.org (Global: 4,285^th place; English: 2,946^th place)

Gagne, David (2 March 2015). "El Salvador Gangs Outline Political Motives of Violence". InSight Crime. Archived from the original on 10 April 2025. Retrieved 16 March 2025.

jstor.org (Global: 26^th place; English: 20^th place)

Miracle or Mirage?: Gangs and Plunging Violence in El Salvador (Report). Vol. 81. Brussels, Belgium: International Crisis Group. 8 July 2020. JSTOR resrep31423. OCLC 1290315193.
Van der Borgh, Chris (2019). "Government Responses to Gang Power: From Truce to War on Gangs in El Salvador". European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies (107). Centrum voor Studie en Documentatie van Latijns Amerika: 1–25. ISSN 0924-0608. JSTOR 26764790. OCLC 10057446047.
Farah, Douglas; Babineau, Kathryn (2017). "The Evolution of MS 13 in El Salvador and Honduras". PRISM. 7 (1): 58–73. JSTOR 26470498. ProQuest 1944518637.

lanoticiasv.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Martínez, Verónica (15 October 2025). "Guatemala Anuncia Construcción de Una Megacárcel de Máxima Seguridad Siguiendo el Modelo de El Salvador" [Guatemala Announces the Construction of a Maximum Security Mega Prison Following El Salvador's Model]. La Noticia SV (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 October 2025.
Martínez, Verónica (7 January 2026). "Bukele Llegará a Costa Rica para Colocar la Primera Piedra de la Megacárcel del CACCO" [Bukele Will Arrive in Costa Rica to Cast the First Stone of the CACCO Megaprison]. La Noticia SV (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 January 2026.

lapagina.com.sv (Global: low place; English: low place)

Quiej, Bessy (24 February 2023). "Videos | Presidente Nayib Bukele Confirma Envío de 2 Mil Pandilleros al CECOT" [Videos | President Nayib Bukele Confirms More than 2 Thousand Prisoners in CECOT]. La Página (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 26 March 2023. Retrieved 24 February 2023.

laprensagrafica.com (Global: 6,928^th place; English: low place)

Bernal, David (11 June 2024). "Trasladan 2,000 Privados de Libertad al CECOT, el Megapenal de El Salvador que ya Llegó a la Cifra de 14,532 Reclusos" [2,000 Transferred Prisoners to CECOT, El Salvador's Megaprison Which Already Holds 14,532 Prisoners]. La Prensa Gráfica (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 12 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
"Venezuela Dice que no Descansará Hasta Rescatar a Migrantes "Secuestrados" en El Salvador" [Venezuela Says It Will Not Rest Until it Rescues the "Kidnapped" Migrants in El Salvador]. La Prensa Gráfica (in Spanish). 17 March 2025. Archived from the original on 17 May 2025. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
Jordán, Laura (26 March 2025). "Secretaria de Seguridad Nacional de EUA Amenaza con el Cecot a Inmigrantes" [Secretary of National Security of the US Threatens Immigrants with CECOT]. La Prensa Gráfica (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 17 May 2025. Retrieved 26 March 2025.
Ayala, Flor (31 March 2025). "EUA Deporta a El Salvador a 17 Señalados de Pertenecer al Tren de Aragua y MS-13" [USA Deports 17 Alleged Members of Tren de Aragua and MS-13 to El Salvador]. La Prensa Gráfica (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 31 March 2025. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
Bernal, Daniel (3 February 2023). "Amnistía Internacional Expresa Preocupación por Megapenal de El Salvador" [Amnesty International Expresses Worry with El Salvador's Mega Prison]. La Prensa Gráfica (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
Urbina, Javier & Portillo, Denni (12 September 2023). "Megapenal de Tecoluca Será Vigilado por Juzgados de Usulután y Cojutepeque" [Mega-Prison of Tecoluca Will Be Monitored by Courts in Usulután and Cojutepeque]. La Prensa Gráfica (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 23 April 2024. Retrieved 12 September 2023.

latimes.com (Global: 22^nd place; English: 19^th place)

Linthicum, Kate (25 July 2023). "Inside the Growing Cult of El Salvador's Nayib Bukele, Latin America's Political Star". Los Angeles Times. Mexico City, Mexico. Archived from the original on 25 July 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.

msnbc.com (Global: 2,152^nd place; English: 1,244^th place)

Mathias, Christopher (30 March 2025). "Don't Think 'It Can't Happen Here' — It's Already Happening". MSNBC. Archived from the original on 8 April 2025. Retrieved 7 April 2025.

nbcnews.com (Global: 137^th place; English: 101^st place)

Hurley, Lawrence (14 April 2025). "Trump Floats Legally Questionable Proposal to Deport U.S. Citizens". NBC News. Washington, D.C., United States. Archived from the original on 14 April 2025. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
Egwuonwu, Nnamdi (18 April 2025). "Maryland Senator Says Kilmar Abrego Garcia was Traumatized in El Salvador After Mistaken Deportation". NBC News. Archived from the original on 18 April 2025. Retrieved 18 April 2025.

npr.org (Global: 92^nd place; English: 72^nd place)

Martínez-Beltrán, Sergio (21 March 2025). "Families of Deported Venezuelans Dispute Fang Claims after Deportations Under Alien Enemies Act". NPR. Archived from the original on 22 March 2025. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
Neuman, Scott (3 July 2025). "Abrego Garcia says he was Severely Beaten in Salvadoran Prison". NPR. Archived from the original on 4 July 2025. Retrieved 6 July 2025.

nytimes.com (Global: 7^th place; English: 7^th place)

Abi-Habib, Maria & Avelar, Bryan (27 March 2022). "Explosion of Gang Violence Grips El Salvador, Setting Record". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 4 April 2022. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
Kitroeff, Natalie; Ramos, Fred (2 February 2024). "He Cracked Down on Gangs and Rights. Now He's Set to Win a Landslide". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 3 April 2025. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
Barrett, Devlin; Correal, Annie & Rashbaum, William K. (16 March 2025). "Trump Sends Hundreds of Venezuelans to El Salvador in Face of Judge's Order". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 10 April 2025. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
Correal, Annie (3 July 2025). "Leader of El Salvador Disputes Claims That Maryland Man Was Tortured". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 4 July 2025. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
Kitroeff, Natalie & Volpe, Daniele (9 April 2023). "El Salvador Decimated Its Ruthless Gangs. But at What Cost?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 13 April 2023. Retrieved 25 April 2023.

pbs.org (Global: 198^th place; English: 154^th place)

"Kilmar Abrego Garcia Pleads Not Guilty to Human Smuggling Charges". PBS News. Nashville, Tennessee. 13 June 2025. Archived from the original on 4 July 2025. Retrieved 4 July 2025.

proquest.com (Global: 206^th place; English: 124^th place)

Farah, Douglas; Babineau, Kathryn (2017). "The Evolution of MS 13 in El Salvador and Honduras". PRISM. 7 (1): 58–73. JSTOR 26470498. ProQuest 1944518637.

reuters.com (Global: 49^th place; English: 47^th place)

Renteria, Nelson & Solomon, Diana Beth (8 July 2020). Berkrot, Bill (ed.). "El Salvador Murder Rate Plummets; Study Says Gangs May Have Informal Pact with Government". Reuters. San Salvador, El Salvador. Archived from the original on 27 May 2023. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
Renteria, Nelson & Kinosian, Sarah (1 February 2023). Maler, Sandra (ed.). "El Salvador Opens 40,000-Person Prison as Arrests Soar in Gang Crackdown". Reuters. San Salvador, El Salvador. Archived from the original on 1 February 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
Renteria, Nelson; Madry, Kylie (8 February 2024). Bell, Alistair (ed.). "El Salvador Launches Mass Trial for Nearly 500 Accused Gang Leaders". Reuters. San Salvador, El Salvador. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
Renteria, Nelson; O'Boyle, Brendan; Cortes, Raul (20 March 2025). Maler, Sandra; Osterman, Cynthia (eds.). "Explainer: What is El Salvador's Mega-Prison Holding Venezuelans Deported from the US?". Reuters. San Salvador and Mexico City. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
Roston, Aram; Hesson, Ted; Sequera, Vivian; Symmes Cobb, Julia; Cooke, Kristina; Kinosian, Sarah (18 July 2025). Durfee, Don; Nickel, Rod; O'Brien, Rosalba (eds.). "El Salvador Sends Detained Venezuelans Home in Swap for Americans". Reuters. Washington, D.C. and Caracas. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
Renteria, Nelson; Diaz, Lizbeth & Morland, Sarah (1 June 2023). Wong, Jacqueline (ed.). "El Salvador President Pledges White-Collar Prison in 'War' on Corruption". Reuters. San Salvador, El Salvador. Archived from the original on 2 June 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2023.

telegraph.co.uk (Global: 30^th place; English: 24^th place)

"Ecuador to Build Mega-Jails Inspired by El Salvador's Hardline Leader". The Daily Telegraph. 4 January 2024. Archived from the original on 10 January 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2024.

telemundo51.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

""La Cárcel Más Criticada del Mundo" Ya Suma 4,000 Presos en El Salvador" ["The Most Criticized Prison in the World" Now Has 4,000 Prisoners in El Salvador]. Telemundo Miami (in Spanish). San Salvador, El Salvador. 15 March 2023. Archived from the original on 3 April 2025. Retrieved 17 March 2025.

theatlantic.com (Global: 228^th place; English: 158^th place)

Serwer, Adam (2 April 2025). "Trump's Salvadoran Gulag". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on 14 April 2025. Retrieved 7 April 2025.

theglobeandmail.com (Global: 293^rd place; English: 203^rd place)

"60 Minutes Segment Cancelled by CBS Was Available on Global TV Website". The Globe and Mail. 22 December 2025. Retrieved 23 December 2025.

theguardian.com (Global: 12^th place; English: 11^th place)

Helmore, Edward & Phillips, Tom (16 March 2025). "US Deports 250 Alleged Gang Members to El Salvador Despite Court Ruling to Halt Flights". The Guardian. New York City and Rio de Janeiro. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
"What to Know About the El Salvador Mega-Prison Where Trump Sent Deported Venezuelans". The Guardian. 20 March 2025. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
Gedeon, Joseph (31 March 2025). "Trump Administration Deports More Alleged Gang Members to El Salvador". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
Dunbar, Marina (24 July 2025). "Venezuelans Deported by Trump to El Salvador Describe 'Horror Movie' Mega-Prison". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
Singh, Maanvi (26 July 2025). "Men Freed from El Salvador Mega-Prison Endured 'State-Sanctioned Torture', Lawyers Say". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
Helmore, Edward (22 December 2025). "Outrage After CBS Pulls 60 Minutes Segment on El Salvador's CECOT Prison". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
"US Deportees Face Brutal Conditions in El Salvador Mega-Prison: 'Severe Overcrowding, Inadequate Dood'". The Guardian. Interviewed by Singh, Maanvi. 20 March 2025.

thehill.com (Global: 476^th place; English: 282^nd place)

Beitsch, Rebecca (31 March 2025). "Trump Administration Deports More Migrants to Salvadoran Prison". The Hill. Archived from the original on 8 April 2025. Retrieved 31 March 2025.

ticotimes.net (Global: low place; English: low place)

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