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Costa Rica Opens 5,100-Bed Mega-Prison

President Fernández copies Bukele's hardline model

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Costa Rica Opens 5,100-Bed Mega-Prison

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Costa Rica's President Laura Fernández inaugurated the CACCO mega-prison on Wednesday, holding 5,100 inmates at maximum security to isolate drug gangs, emulating El Salvador's Bukele model amid a severe security crisis.

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Costa Ricamega-prisonsecurity policydrug traffickingNayib Bukele

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