Two years ago, during the Biden administration, the U.S. State Department cited torture and life-threatening prison conditions in a report on El Salvador. This year, President Trump expressed admiration for El Salvador’s prison system, saying, “They’re great facilities, very strong facilities, and they don’t play games.” In March, the U.S. struck a deal to pay El Salvador $4.7 million to house Venezuelan deportees at CECOT, a maximum-security prison. #elsavador #whitehouse #cecot #prison #politics