Costa Rica opens a Bukele-style mega-prison as it makes fighting drug trafficking a main goal
Summary
Costa Rica has opened a Bukele-style mega-prison, The Philadelphia Inquirer and ABC News reported. Costa Rica has made fighting drug trafficking a main goal, inspired by El Salvador's hardline approach, according to both outlets.
Latest: Costa Rica opened a Bukele-style mega-prison, having made fighting drug trafficking a main goal, inspired by El Salvador's hardline approach, The Philadelphia Inquirer and ABC News reported.
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How it unfolded
Thursday 15 October
Costa Rica opened a Bukele-style mega-prison, having made fighting drug trafficking a main goal, inspired by El Salvador's hardline approach, The Philadelphia Inquirer and ABC News reported.
Wednesday 14 October
- 20:44The Philadelphia InquirerCosta Rica opens a Bukele-style mega-prison. Here's how it got here