Costa Rica inaugurates Bukele-style mega-prison as organized crime fight intensifies
President Laura Fernández inaugurated the High-Containment Center Against Organized Crime (CACCO), a maximum-security mega-prison designed to hold 5,100 inmates, modeled after El Salvador's controversial prison system. The facility represents a shift toward tough-on-crime policies in what was long considered one of Latin America's safest countries, as Costa Rica confronts surging drug trafficking and near-record homicide levels.
