El Salvador's mega-prison: the inside story | AFP

This videographic explains the conditions of detention of Venezuelans expelled by the United States to El Salvador in mid-March 2025 and incarcerated for four months in the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) before being deported to their country of origin. The living conditions in the mega-prison have been reconstructed thanks to the testimonies and sketches provided by former detainees and interviewed by AFP. Satellite image from Planet Labs PBC on April 14, 2025.