Rare look inside El Salvador's mega prison

Telemundo cameras captured an inside look at a controversial mega prison in El Salvador, which is the largest in Latin America. The prison houses thousands of gang members, some of which were arrested after the country’s president declared a war on crime. Amid the rise in massive arrests and mass trials, NBC News' Guad Venegas reports that critics are concerned that some prisoners have been unjustly detained without due process.
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  • @TheGREENLEMMING
    @TheGREENLEMMING3 ай бұрын

    The president said if the “civil rights” groups are concerned for the prisoners human rights they are welcome to take the prisoners with them and look after them 😂😂😂😂

  • @Synthwave89

    @Synthwave89

    3 ай бұрын

    It's all "civil rights" for them until they have to lift a finger to do something about the problem.

  • @jasonparis7103

    @jasonparis7103

    3 ай бұрын

    Exactly😂😂

  • @pathfinder011

    @pathfinder011

    3 ай бұрын

    🤣

  • @fab0527

    @fab0527

    3 ай бұрын

    Think we can at least admit that there are some innocents in there. The police aren't perfect, and with mass incarcerations some innocents do get jailed. That's just a fact of imperfect human societies

  • @AutisticBarbie

    @AutisticBarbie

    3 ай бұрын

    @@Synthwave89accurate

  • @johnprager662
    @johnprager6623 ай бұрын

    El Salvador went from the highest homicide rate in the world to a lower homicide rate than the US. It really proves that governments are more than capable of curbing violent crime but make a conscious decision to facilitate it instead. Thank you President Bukele for demonstrating this.

  • @hektoriuz

    @hektoriuz

    3 ай бұрын

    wrong they are 15th higher then the US. Jamaica is #1, South Africa #2

  • @fredymelendez4773

    @fredymelendez4773

    3 ай бұрын

    @@hektoriuzwhat are you talking about fool? In 2015 El Salvador was the capital of murder so danger.

  • @elijahsamuel9058

    @elijahsamuel9058

    3 ай бұрын

    @@fredymelendez4773it’s 2024 now so you better go check again homie there’s a new sheriff in town 💯

  • @jaretzaragoza4512

    @jaretzaragoza4512

    3 ай бұрын

    @@fredymelendez4773that’s 2015 we’re in 2024 my boy

  • @Joeg_

    @Joeg_

    3 ай бұрын

    @@hektoriuzyou dummy

  • @sambam.898
    @sambam.8983 ай бұрын

    He fixed a 3 decade long issue in 2 years. 2 years !

  • @X2X673

    @X2X673

    Ай бұрын

    Bitcoin money Investors won't invest in the country with so much crime

  • @SapphireKnightofWhiteLotusCity
    @SapphireKnightofWhiteLotusCity2 ай бұрын

    You always have those idiots that scream human rights when criminals are in prison but never when innocent civilians live in absolute fear

  • @yurichtube1162

    @yurichtube1162

    2 ай бұрын

    Very true

  • @LetsTry-it-out

    @LetsTry-it-out

    18 күн бұрын

    I swear to God

  • @paperroutee

    @paperroutee

    16 күн бұрын

    amen. can’t imagine how it’ll be like on the other end of the stick

  • @degree5305

    @degree5305

    9 күн бұрын

    Statistically speaking there must be a fair amount of innocent people that just got lumped in there for having tattoos. The moral question is "how many innocent lives are we willing to destroy for the sake of the many" You can support this extreme policies but it shouldn't mean you can't support transparency for the sake of the innocent.

  • @SapphireKnightofWhiteLotusCity

    @SapphireKnightofWhiteLotusCity

    9 күн бұрын

    @@degree5305 No, not really... Gang tattoos are easily identified... Civilians generally don't get the same tattoos as gang members... Clearly they're not innocent or it wouldn't have worked...

  • @f.acostaa9429
    @f.acostaa94293 ай бұрын

    This is what it looks like to take your country back. Bravo for El Salvador.! These crminals didnt have compassion for.

  • @byronthomas1726

    @byronthomas1726

    3 ай бұрын

    Exactly. People who do not honor human rights cannot expect a 5 star prison. I know El Salvador well and a vast majority support this and even Bukele's critics admit they feel safer now.

  • @mrtops8273

    @mrtops8273

    3 ай бұрын

    @@byronthomas1726As Salvadoran myself, I had to ask a gang to be able to enter MY OWN ANUTS HOUSE!! That is unacceptable and sad. NOW i dont anymore

  • @mrtops8273

    @mrtops8273

    3 ай бұрын

    @@byronthomas1726The Mega prison is bring WAY to nice, this is very nice.

  • @mrtops8273

    @mrtops8273

    3 ай бұрын

    @@byronthomas1726the prison should be more harsher

  • @HighlikeChapo

    @HighlikeChapo

    3 ай бұрын

    @@MissCleo24maybe USA should do the same ? 🤷🏾‍♂️

  • @Hp-dg3he
    @Hp-dg3he3 ай бұрын

    So true! These gang members did not consider human rights when killing thousands of innocent civilians.

  • @popeyedoyle6360

    @popeyedoyle6360

    2 ай бұрын

    either does the US Military.

  • @arnoldvezbon6131

    @arnoldvezbon6131

    2 ай бұрын

    @@popeyedoyle6360dude this is so of topic it hurts.

  • @aurelian2668

    @aurelian2668

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@@popeyedoyle6360 so? U cant do nothing to the US but these low criminals? Yes you CAN!

  • @user-dk3up2nl1m
    @user-dk3up2nl1m2 ай бұрын

    Human rights?? What a joke. Tell that to the families of people they murdered!

  • @devonfehn118
    @devonfehn1182 ай бұрын

    America needs this program.

  • @jakeg3126

    @jakeg3126

    Ай бұрын

    Go live in the NYC subway to experience it.

  • @1977Yakko

    @1977Yakko

    Ай бұрын

    It would involve the incarceration of mostly one race so it would be considered racist in spite of the end result of reducing crime.

  • @theyoungcentrist9110

    @theyoungcentrist9110

    26 күн бұрын

    We have had this before in the 70s and 80s which have led the country to be 20% of the world's prisoners. We need a philosphy and adopt the Norwegian model of humane prisons that focused on rehabilitation, restorative justice and normality to help prepare people who are behind bars for a successful reentry.

  • @killharry

    @killharry

    11 күн бұрын

    ⁠​⁠@@theyoungcentrist9110unfortunately the Norwegian model only works on Norwegian types if you know what I mean.

  • @mattdaddymatt7690
    @mattdaddymatt76903 ай бұрын

    Well that's what they get. Want to be a monster in the street then you can be one in prison for the rest of their life

  • @Zoolama34709

    @Zoolama34709

    3 ай бұрын

    Exactly

  • @JayTee713

    @JayTee713

    3 ай бұрын

    They can only be monsters to each other now

  • @temporaryuseraccount0012

    @temporaryuseraccount0012

    3 ай бұрын

    @@JayTee713 ... The way it should be everywhere. Very poetic too.

  • @alcottrell2527

    @alcottrell2527

    3 ай бұрын

    Yeah, some of those “monsters” didnt even get due process. Wake up little sheep

  • @celestialudenberg9863

    @celestialudenberg9863

    2 ай бұрын

    Nobody is born a monster

  • @sanmiguel1989
    @sanmiguel19893 ай бұрын

    Bukele shows the US how to actually treat criminals in jail.

  • @elfrog6311

    @elfrog6311

    3 ай бұрын

    Where will they go when their time is up?

  • @gamingsantai1125

    @gamingsantai1125

    3 ай бұрын

    ​@@elfrog6311hell

  • @didel8945

    @didel8945

    3 ай бұрын

    ​@@elfrog6311they will never get out from jail

  • @Joeg_

    @Joeg_

    3 ай бұрын

    @@elfrog6311nowhere . They are criminals

  • @luisrosalesEAGLE

    @luisrosalesEAGLE

    3 ай бұрын

    @@didel8945and that’s how is has to be cuz they are not just criminals but a threat to people

  • @86lalo56
    @86lalo563 ай бұрын

    We applaud you Mr. Bukele👏🏼 you’re an example of how it should be done.

  • @MrLARGENINCHARGE
    @MrLARGENINCHARGE2 ай бұрын

    We need a leader like that here in the US.

  • @RTVSk

    @RTVSk

    23 күн бұрын

    He is a Palestinian you have many Palestinians in USA choose one of them

  • @armandodubon6749
    @armandodubon67493 ай бұрын

    This is the president that we love and support 100%

  • @eddycarpenter8989

    @eddycarpenter8989

    3 ай бұрын

    It’s going to backfire in a horrible way. American drug consumption isn’t going anywhere. Now you potentially have hundreds of thousands of young boys with no fathers in the home.

  • @4wheal

    @4wheal

    3 ай бұрын

    ​@@eddycarpenter8989Considering those fathers were gangsters who would have pushed their kids into the "family business" they might actually be better off.

  • @palmtreewhisperer

    @palmtreewhisperer

    3 ай бұрын

    @@4wheal exactly !! not everyone can be saved !

  • @TyrellMcK

    @TyrellMcK

    3 ай бұрын

    @@eddycarpenter8989That’s on the mothers. They chose to have kids with gang members.

  • @eddycarpenter8989

    @eddycarpenter8989

    3 ай бұрын

    @@4wheal hundreds of thousands of fatherless children is a recipe for disaster for any society

  • @enriquecool8086
    @enriquecool80863 ай бұрын

    Went to El Salvador last summer, felt safe every where and spoke to a lot of people there and they all love the president and the new life in El Salvador.

  • @rickyayy

    @rickyayy

    3 ай бұрын

    It was so safe, safer than US which is crazy.

  • @spawn302

    @spawn302

    3 ай бұрын

    What have you done over there? Considering visiting now

  • @janer5444

    @janer5444

    3 ай бұрын

    @@spawn302I went last year, there’s a lot of spots to visits and the food is amazing !

  • @todd6498

    @todd6498

    3 ай бұрын

    @@janer5444Oh did you try that food that had ant eggs? I heard they have that over there and I’m thinking of eventually going there to try it!

  • @Meltdownlv100

    @Meltdownlv100

    3 ай бұрын

    Does anyone have a om the ground comparison of what it was like before these measures were put into place? I'm curious what the day to day was like then compared to now

  • @jf9670
    @jf96703 ай бұрын

    2.4% homicide rate but you want to talk about prisoner conditions? What idiots honesty

  • @samstone6597

    @samstone6597

    3 ай бұрын

    Lol why don't you adopt a gang member 😂😂

  • @chinaboss6683

    @chinaboss6683

    3 ай бұрын

    Cant fix stupid. 😂

  • @michaelharder8116

    @michaelharder8116

    3 ай бұрын

    These are criminals that made El Salvador a dangerous place, with fear of kidnapping, murder, and extortion. Now that these criminals are finally put somewhere where they cannot influence children, harm elderly, and extort businesses your concern is with their living conditions? They made life impossible for an honest working individual.

  • @AfricanThinker86

    @AfricanThinker86

    2 ай бұрын

    It's actually 2.4 per 100K or .0024%

  • @yeji.yuuuuu

    @yeji.yuuuuu

    2 ай бұрын

    You want those gang members who murder in your streets?

  • @blubb7711
    @blubb77112 ай бұрын

    Germany needs this program against organized crime.

  • @jerryorvis2455
    @jerryorvis24553 ай бұрын

    El salvador has the best President in all of the continent of America.

  • @byronthomas1726

    @byronthomas1726

    3 ай бұрын

    I agree as do a vast majority of Salvadorans and many people from other countries in Latin America.

  • @rwb2011

    @rwb2011

    3 ай бұрын

    Facts

  • @ArtB-qm5vf

    @ArtB-qm5vf

    3 ай бұрын

    Brazil needs someone like him.

  • @Amberthe_Realtor

    @Amberthe_Realtor

    3 ай бұрын

    Facts

  • @deathdealer8185

    @deathdealer8185

    3 ай бұрын

    El Salvador is still an incredibly poor country with high emigration rates. When he fixes that then I'll say he's the best.

  • @rs232killer
    @rs232killer3 ай бұрын

    The President telling the human rights groups that if they don't like the conditions in the jail, that they should take the prisoners out of the country and care for these gang members themselves is just awesome.

  • @obwan398

    @obwan398

    2 ай бұрын

    Now train those young powerful people to make things start a giant company business army firefighter unit ,,, something,,, sure they messed up that was yesterday let's do something now heal the situation you can't just have him sitting in there what's doing,,,,

  • @popeyedoyle6360

    @popeyedoyle6360

    2 ай бұрын

    What's awesome about it?

  • @mikesaetern8263

    @mikesaetern8263

    2 ай бұрын

    @@obwan398 good luck training those criminal. have you seen how many repeat offender in the US?

  • @hezraylegend5279

    @hezraylegend5279

    2 ай бұрын

    Good!

  • @johnjoe69

    @johnjoe69

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@@obwan398half of them will never change. Only maybe 1/3 of them can be reformed.

  • @tminusnyc2915
    @tminusnyc29153 ай бұрын

    Why can't that guy be the President for the US... We NEED a guy like that!!!

  • @themadpianomanmisc4929
    @themadpianomanmisc49293 ай бұрын

    Doesn't solve a problem he gets criticised, he solves a problem he gets criticised. World has gone mad.

  • @danielhanna19

    @danielhanna19

    Ай бұрын

    No matter what you do, you will have people who support you and people who hate you

  • @sebasgonzalez935
    @sebasgonzalez9353 ай бұрын

    We need this in Los Angeles!

  • @VoteForBukele

    @VoteForBukele

    3 ай бұрын

    Oakland needs it more.

  • @michaelmai281

    @michaelmai281

    3 ай бұрын

    We have one, not just one but many; they are called county jails, private jails, and state prisons. And just like a fish net, the Rico Act can supply them with more "gang members" and "at the wrong place, wrong time individuals" at any given moment. El Salvador is just playing catching up. Wait till they go public, and the people can buy stocks and reap the fruits of their slave labor.

  • @isaiahthekid41

    @isaiahthekid41

    3 ай бұрын

    New York needs it more

  • @leevang7349

    @leevang7349

    3 ай бұрын

    Chicago too

  • @welcomeparadise4433

    @welcomeparadise4433

    3 ай бұрын

    Most blacks people are in prison

  • @manuelbonilla415
    @manuelbonilla4153 ай бұрын

    Bukele is doing right we love Bukele

  • @Bunny11344

    @Bunny11344

    3 ай бұрын

    I’m just learning about him and I love him too

  • @757-David
    @757-David3 ай бұрын

    This president is awesome and I wish we had him in the United States.

  • @majormediaproductions
    @majormediaproductions2 ай бұрын

    Salvadorans enjoy your country, its been a long time coming. My support from New York City🗽

  • @Synthwave89
    @Synthwave893 ай бұрын

    Its lovely how journalists talk about human rights when it comes to hardened criminals being taken off the streets, but when innocent people are being massacred by gang violence it's radio silence. Truly shows the kind of people they are.

  • @fuckakakaka

    @fuckakakaka

    3 ай бұрын

    They're more worried about innocent people who were at the wrong place at the wrong time.

  • @PermanentHigh

    @PermanentHigh

    3 ай бұрын

    ​@@fuckakakakaWhy didn't they worry about all that when the criminals were on the loose and killing innocent civilians left and right that were at the wrong place at the wrong time? Why is it that it's AFTER something is done about the crime, that all these critics and "watchdog groups" want to moral grandstand and virtue signal

  • @fuckakakaka

    @fuckakakaka

    3 ай бұрын

    ​@@PermanentHigh im glad something has been done, but its also important to make sure they don't lose sight and understand this was supposed to help innocents. its fair to say that no system will be perfect but you wouldn't want to be part of that collateral damage.

  • @PermanentHigh

    @PermanentHigh

    3 ай бұрын

    @@fuckakakaka I for sure wouldn't, but it's VERY hard to get lumped in with criminals if you don't present yourself as one. However many innocents may get caught up in this, will ALWAYS be FAR LESS than the number of innocents getting caught up in the tyranny and rampage of these gangs on the streets

  • @temporaryuseraccount0012

    @temporaryuseraccount0012

    3 ай бұрын

    Without crime, what purpose would news media have? News media organisations WANT criminals on the streets so they have more "TOP STORIES" to fund their parasitic existence.

  • @licktin1091
    @licktin10913 ай бұрын

    Singapore did the same thing and people were protesting about human rights violations and all that nonsense. Look at Singapore now, a country as safe as Japan. Good Job El Salvador, keep it up and hope you become prosperous

  • @blanco-sanchez450

    @blanco-sanchez450

    3 ай бұрын

    Mexico and the US could learn something from both.

  • @rockycvs3

    @rockycvs3

    3 ай бұрын

    Yep. I live In Singapore, moved here 2 ago. I have never felt this safe in my 37 years alive.

  • @cc-dtv

    @cc-dtv

    3 ай бұрын

    oh yeah the country that executess drug addicts and will fine/jail you for chewing gum. truly a utopia

  • @sneakykamon

    @sneakykamon

    3 ай бұрын

    Wow! I honestly had no idea and now I'll add Singapore to my travel list.

  • @rockycvs3

    @rockycvs3

    3 ай бұрын

    @@sneakykamon Please do. It's a stunning place to see in person. Its the cleanest and the safest place I've ever visited...and I've lived and visited all over.

  • @erichall465
    @erichall4653 ай бұрын

    "A move limiting civil rights," are you kidding me? What does ruthless gangsterism have to do with civil rights?

  • @jenniferclark9170
    @jenniferclark91703 ай бұрын

    The US needs a president like this.

  • @Marina1686
    @Marina16863 ай бұрын

    Bukele is the type of leader we need! He gets stuff done!

  • @negrodamus521

    @negrodamus521

    3 ай бұрын

    So you don't believe in the constitution and what thousands of us troops died and fought for?

  • @negrodamus521

    @negrodamus521

    3 ай бұрын

    If you believe in this you can go live in china with the Communists

  • @caleb9231

    @caleb9231

    3 ай бұрын

    ​@@negrodamus521they died for Israel. Not for the Constitution.

  • @negrodamus521

    @negrodamus521

    3 ай бұрын

    @@mu428 how do you know there criminals without due process. Next he'll be incarcerate his opposition labeling them as criminals.

  • @muaythaisaro3175

    @muaythaisaro3175

    3 ай бұрын

    @@negrodamus521 should’ve stayed inside

  • @jimhalpert0
    @jimhalpert03 ай бұрын

    If criminals don't treat humans like humans, the government shouldn't have to either.

  • @jimhalpert0

    @jimhalpert0

    3 ай бұрын

    @@user-zi8wh3wv2q What even are you talking about. Speak English please.

  • @minors290

    @minors290

    3 ай бұрын

    @@jimhalpert0The government is the true criminal

  • @djrojasw

    @djrojasw

    3 ай бұрын

    Idiotic, meaningless platitude. The government is not meant to behave as criminals do.

  • @muraismybby4617

    @muraismybby4617

    3 ай бұрын

    ​@@user-zi8wh3wv2qbro what???? 🤣

  • @nafisfuadayon6832

    @nafisfuadayon6832

    3 ай бұрын

    A criminal is a devil.​@@user-zi8wh3wv2q

  • @noahdouglas702
    @noahdouglas7023 ай бұрын

    We need a president this disciplined in America!

  • @monsG165
    @monsG1653 ай бұрын

    Power to Bukele, the man literally turned around the most dangerous country to the world to one of the safest.

  • @Amiibo21
    @Amiibo213 ай бұрын

    Part of my family lives in El Salvador so I go visit them almost every year. Ever since Bukele became president, they look a lot happier with life. One of grandparents is telling about so many nice things happening in El Salvador through video calls. Thanks Bukele for making El Salvador more safe for my family and all the people that live there. 😁

  • @dabonit9717

    @dabonit9717

    3 ай бұрын

    W

  • @xftjlas8296

    @xftjlas8296

    3 ай бұрын

    💯

  • @carly2981
    @carly29813 ай бұрын

    America can learn how to deal with criminals from El Salvador. Bravo Bukele

  • @teresaesquivel2040

    @teresaesquivel2040

    3 ай бұрын

    If u lock me up in America over my freedom of speech that wat will tip over world war 3

  • @redfuryfive6616

    @redfuryfive6616

    3 ай бұрын

    Clown we don’t have crime like they had. Doesn’t work like that 😂

  • @BoCaine

    @BoCaine

    3 ай бұрын

    Whats the end goal for this just curious? Death penalty? rehab?

  • @Marc-mp6lf

    @Marc-mp6lf

    3 ай бұрын

    El salvador is in america

  • @jascrandom9855

    @jascrandom9855

    3 ай бұрын

    No, it can't. The circumstances and situations are very different.

  • @torreyintahoe
    @torreyintahoe3 ай бұрын

    This is what we need to be doing in the US.

  • @juanayon5128

    @juanayon5128

    5 күн бұрын

    We do. We need younger people to go out and start voting. We need to stop letting old people like Trump and Biden to go and be running this country anymore. The only people that mostly vote are older people around 60 or older. Younger people aren't voting anymore because we lost faith in this country and the people that run it. We need to stop letting people like Trump or Biden to run for office and let younger people to become, congress, senators, mayors, governors or presidents. This country elected someone under 40. Look what happened. He changed his country and did something. We need to stop with people like Biden or Trump. Elect someone like this great guy.

  • @fundermentalist9473
    @fundermentalist94732 ай бұрын

    President Bukele you are a legend of history what you have done for your people of El Salvador is resonating with the rest of the world as an example of a government for their people 🌎💙🙏

  • @GlamBeautyTV
    @GlamBeautyTV3 ай бұрын

    As a Salvadoran staying in El Salvador for two weeks on business, it feels so much safer and secure. Gangs use to tax business owners and would murder kids who didn’t wish to join their gang.

  • @JMAN97712
    @JMAN977123 ай бұрын

    Sad that another country has to show us how to treat criminals

  • @brandonfernandez3930

    @brandonfernandez3930

    3 ай бұрын

    Did you not hear there are innocent people stuck there too?

  • @JMAN97712

    @JMAN97712

    3 ай бұрын

    @@brandonfernandez3930 fine me a country where they do everything perfect.

  • @brandonfernandez3930

    @brandonfernandez3930

    3 ай бұрын

    @@JMAN97712 I’m just saying it’s lacking fair justice like we have in the U.S or other well established countries. But hopefully that’s already improving

  • @AdamEuroS

    @AdamEuroS

    3 ай бұрын

    @@brandonfernandez3930small percentage but still very effective measure 📐

  • @oscarwellings6331

    @oscarwellings6331

    3 ай бұрын

    @@brandonfernandez3930 Have innocent people been jailed? If so, find me evidence. NBC is just saying it. That doesn't mean it's true.

  • @pabloortiz2321
    @pabloortiz23213 ай бұрын

    I loved this president's speech the other day. God bless him and his administration.

  • @frankcross6958
    @frankcross69583 ай бұрын

    america desperately needs a prison like this

  • @aakoch6062

    @aakoch6062

    19 күн бұрын

    Yes , but instead sending money for UA war

  • @jesusvelasquez6267
    @jesusvelasquez62673 ай бұрын

    America needs this! ASAP!

  • @krist-yonnarain7786

    @krist-yonnarain7786

    3 ай бұрын

    America has the world’s highest incarceration rate

  • @libertyoverbondage

    @libertyoverbondage

    3 ай бұрын

    Too many Liberals, and politicians who benefit from the drug trade.

  • @Leo-V

    @Leo-V

    3 ай бұрын

    America where u can have a cell phone and be on Instagram live inside and tik tik and be a KZreadr

  • @sparrowhawk5673

    @sparrowhawk5673

    3 ай бұрын

    America would rather have criminal out of jail early or not at all to make space for the ones already full. This is why San Francisco made marijuana legal 🙄🙄🙄🤦‍♀️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♂️

  • @woodsie315

    @woodsie315

    3 ай бұрын

    @@krist-yonnarain7786 The 6th highest, not the highest. El Salvador has a higher rate and is #1 as of 2024. Our problem isn't our incarceration rate. Our problem is WHO is incarcerated and WHO isn't. For a long time, we locked up people on drug offenses related to personal use with no articulable victim. That has been a complete waste of time, resources, life and liberty. On the other hand, we have a massive number of murderers and rapists who already had violent priors on their records at the time they were arrested. That's only possible when the state lets violent offenders walk. If we had to build a dozen prisons of this size to lock up violent offenders, it'd be worth it. The people who suffer the most from violent thieves, rapists, and murders are the poor. I'm well off. I live in a rich area and in a nice neighborhood. Playing catch and release with violent offenders doesn't affect me at all. There's virtually no crime here. On the other hand, it sure does affect the people living in poor neighborhoods who are scared on their own streets and the kids who have to wade through it every day walking to school. The de-policing movement is one of the most anti-poor movements I've seen in my lifetime.

  • @cptairwolf
    @cptairwolf3 ай бұрын

    Imagine being a hardened criminal and being forced to wear crocs 😂

  • @Archenemy096
    @Archenemy0963 ай бұрын

    The US need this!

  • @Nighthawk-8050
    @Nighthawk-80503 ай бұрын

    That's just what America needs absolutely.

  • @amitramsingh3565
    @amitramsingh35653 ай бұрын

    We need this system in America

  • @sergeabt1046
    @sergeabt10463 ай бұрын

    Bravo, im not el salvadorian, but as a human i am proud of how this man brought peace and order to his country

  • @teresaesquivel2040

    @teresaesquivel2040

    3 ай бұрын

    I am El Salvadoran and he's locking up inocent 12 year old boys this prison will collapse inocent ppl will wage war over there oppression

  • @gettingtothepoints8074
    @gettingtothepoints80743 ай бұрын

    Please do this in the US

  • @playipstreamsolutions5538
    @playipstreamsolutions55383 ай бұрын

    That’s how you handle criminals!!!

  • @doingtime20
    @doingtime203 ай бұрын

    Barely any mention of the huge benefits this has brought to society. It's always about criminal comforts and such. "But are the the criminals happy in the prison?" Who cares?? they are clothed, they are fed. We should focus on the needs of law abiding citizens, they deserve to be taken care of first.

  • @elitegamer9310

    @elitegamer9310

    3 ай бұрын

    That's why the West is falling apart. You have too many politicians and media sites that care more for the well-being of criminals than the well-being of law-abiding citizens.

  • @warrenvanwyk6249

    @warrenvanwyk6249

    3 ай бұрын

    These idiots always interview the "human rights groups" to try & milk sympathy for the poor & oppresed murdering gangsters. Rather interview the people on the street for their opinion.

  • @kalyman1974
    @kalyman19743 ай бұрын

    😂 human rights watch groups, Where in the heck were they when innocent families were been slaughtered? Is there a benefit for them when there's conflict in a nation? Could be

  • @felloh6320

    @felloh6320

    3 ай бұрын

    They're only here to look good and feel morally superior. They don't care about normal at all

  • @Kevinmac1120

    @Kevinmac1120

    3 ай бұрын

    I think the issue is that they seem to think some innocent people are being caught up in the mass arrests. Which who knows, but overall this has been great

  • @Sk8x4x3v3r

    @Sk8x4x3v3r

    3 ай бұрын

    @Kevinmac1120 I don’t think anyone with ms13 tattoos is innocent

  • @Gandingas

    @Gandingas

    3 ай бұрын

    Talking about families being slaughter and using the laughing crying emoji, you are a joke

  • @Kevinmac1120

    @Kevinmac1120

    3 ай бұрын

    @@Sk8x4x3v3r me too brother those aren't the people the activists are talking about I'm sure lol

  • @JM-qr8qz
    @JM-qr8qz3 ай бұрын

    US needs this type of prison system.

  • @sylviapc18
    @sylviapc182 ай бұрын

    Congratulations El Salvador May your families and streets continue to feel safe.

  • @rafsoto24
    @rafsoto243 ай бұрын

    I was there in October to Bury my grandfather it was my first time there since 07 and how safe it felt was unbelievable! Compared to all my previous visits it’s like night and day. Country is so unbelievably beautiful and the potential is so sky high.

  • @actualfacts8106
    @actualfacts81063 ай бұрын

    El Salvador 🇸🇻 is finally free for all law abiding peace loving people of the world to visit. President Bukele is a blessing bestowed from the almighty God. God Bless El Salvador!

  • @jin8684
    @jin86843 ай бұрын

    Unhealthy conditions? Place looked pretty clean to me

  • @HowISolvedIt
    @HowISolvedIt2 ай бұрын

    What has the international watch ever done to prevent anything bad from happening? They're always waiting to criticize those who are attempting to do something

  • @Jalas3456
    @Jalas34563 ай бұрын

    That's why we love president Bukele, he got rid of criminals.

  • @user-tr9gw6oi8q

    @user-tr9gw6oi8q

    3 ай бұрын

    Yes no more cholos.

  • @ferramirez4570
    @ferramirez45703 ай бұрын

    For those of you who didn't know President Nayib Bukele has a rare medical condition that doesn't allow him to remain sit for too long due to the massive size of his gigantic steel balls.

  • @cortransport

    @cortransport

    3 ай бұрын

    😂l😂😂😂 👍🏻

  • @carlosmiguelroblesvizcarro2538

    @carlosmiguelroblesvizcarro2538

    3 ай бұрын

    😂😂😂 you caught me so off guard!

  • @lil_stressy249

    @lil_stressy249

    3 ай бұрын

    🗿

  • @cristalbarrios3221

    @cristalbarrios3221

    3 ай бұрын

    😂😂

  • @frankbenitez101

    @frankbenitez101

    3 ай бұрын

    😂

  • @dreaisluved397
    @dreaisluved3972 ай бұрын

    This man knows how a country should be run

  • @336tista4
    @336tista42 ай бұрын

    Chicago needs this ASAP

  • @mangosandpineapples4301

    @mangosandpineapples4301

    10 күн бұрын

    Why?..Do white school kids do mass school shootings in Chicago? I hear America is the capital of school shootings by white kids.I had no idea those white kids all live in Chicago.

  • @A_friendwithoutbenefits
    @A_friendwithoutbenefits3 ай бұрын

    I was in El Salvador last year, amazing place with the nicest people who seemed excited to see tourists start coming. Felt safe everywhere even in San Salvador.

  • @arelimendez8834
    @arelimendez88343 ай бұрын

    As Bukele says: if human right care about those criminals. Come and takes them to your country😅

  • @canojr3632

    @canojr3632

    3 ай бұрын

    He's not wrong.

  • @tburton2877

    @tburton2877

    3 ай бұрын

    Exactly. Imagine having sympathy for these animals

  • @rusty7984

    @rusty7984

    3 ай бұрын

    Please don’t. Joe Biden actually would

  • @cky7765

    @cky7765

    3 ай бұрын

    Yes ir

  • @berkekadircelik6282

    @berkekadircelik6282

    3 ай бұрын

    I don't think they care about the criminals. They care the innocent people who got accidentally arrested.

  • @DaRay814
    @DaRay8143 ай бұрын

    This is what it looks like when you hold violent criminals accountable INSTEAD OF LEAVING THEM ON THE STREETS TO HARM OTHERS

  • @elrondes1
    @elrondes13 ай бұрын

    "We don't know if those being detained have commited a crime" It's literally written all over their face and body.

  • @chinesecovidanalswabs4752

    @chinesecovidanalswabs4752

    3 ай бұрын

    Yeah but what if they were doing it for fun or it was Halloween or it was a dare game!/s

  • @thiagoalcantara3586

    @thiagoalcantara3586

    3 ай бұрын

    ​@@chinesecovidanalswabs4752 those people of salvador would know better if they was playing games and covering themselves with gang affiliated tattoos. Just listen to People of salvador and you would know

  • @shawntw1556

    @shawntw1556

    3 ай бұрын

    Sure, except for the innocents that have also been caught up in this. One source is saying the authorities themselves have acknowledged 6000 wrongful imprisonments and one organization is claiming there to still be over 14000 people who havent actually been connected to a gang. This is according to an article found on el pias. Then there is the innocent foreigners that have been caught per an article on the guardian.

  • @thiagoalcantara3586

    @thiagoalcantara3586

    3 ай бұрын

    @@shawntw1556 je made all concerned an offer: if you are felling compassionate with those arrested he is willing to free them to those who's willing to take them. It's not like he's not willing to compromise. It's a pretty fair offer. Ball is on your court. Also 90% of people in his country are in support of what he's doing he doesn't care about what outsiders are saying. When asked about human rights concerns about imprisoned population he told them he have no time to think about what criminals need he's all focused on developing his country and restore human rights to those who's human rights were taken by gangs for more than 4 decades

  • @washmycup

    @washmycup

    3 ай бұрын

    @@chinesecovidanalswabs4752you don’t get gang tattoos for fun

  • @isaiahthekid41
    @isaiahthekid413 ай бұрын

    We need this in America

  • @straightlead8

    @straightlead8

    3 ай бұрын

    Yes! Lets throw out the constitution

  • @randygonzalez1375

    @randygonzalez1375

    3 ай бұрын

    I agree only thing is America has the highest incarceration rate as it is

  • @isaiahthekid41

    @isaiahthekid41

    3 ай бұрын

    @@randygonzalez1375 we need bigger prisons tbh

  • @Red99Leaf

    @Red99Leaf

    3 ай бұрын

    Maybe you can be a guest there? Get things going​@@isaiahthekid41

  • @OmEvul1415

    @OmEvul1415

    3 ай бұрын

    Progressives would never allow this.

  • @travisdavis8198
    @travisdavis81983 ай бұрын

    This is a tremendous achievement

  • @Waywind420
    @Waywind4203 ай бұрын

    I'm amazed that Bukele was able to get anything done given how much legal red tape and corruption was present when he took office. Having an idea of how to solve a problem is one thing, actually navigating the political sphere to see it come to fruition is an uphill battle.

  • @gabrielaorellana2734
    @gabrielaorellana27343 ай бұрын

    We are so proud to have Bukele as our president. He saved our country 🇸🇻

  • @chrism5159

    @chrism5159

    3 ай бұрын

    I like Bukele and how he turned the country. im From Rwanda 🇷🇼: brothers and sisters of El salvador

  • @gabrielaorellana2734

    @gabrielaorellana2734

    3 ай бұрын

    @@chrism5159 thank you brother! Incredible to hear from Rwanda 🇷🇼 blessings to you and your people!

  • @chrism5159

    @chrism5159

    3 ай бұрын

    @@gabrielaorellana2734 thanks sis! stay safe.

  • @chuchoelroto1318
    @chuchoelroto13183 ай бұрын

    SOMEONE had to do something. I've heard stories from a young Salvadorian mother that has been going to El Salvador and says that everyone feels so safe to walk around and finally have a life. Although, she also says that she knows someone that is locked up there that doesn't have no gang ties. From the sound of it, it's a small percentage. Sucks to be them. If the benefits outweigh the negative, then, it's for the best. Criminals like that are nit just going to one day wake up with a MORAL COMPASS and say, "Hey! I'm going to stop being a habitual, ignorant, arrogant criminal and start am honest living.". That's wishful thinking, especially when criminals like these are holding towns and countries hostage.

  • @byronthomas1726

    @byronthomas1726

    3 ай бұрын

    You are correct. I know El Salvador well and the problem with the gangs was not only making the country the murder capital of the world but also it was ungovernable pre-Bukele. Yes there is a trade off but I can say with certainty most of the population is behind it. People were going to suffer no matter what but far less people are suffering in comparison. There was no good option this is truly the perfect example of the lesser of 2 evils when there truly are only 2 options. The gangs in control or the government. That's what I would say to human rights groups living comfortably in the west.

  • @botsareeverywhere

    @botsareeverywhere

    3 ай бұрын

    It’s unfortunate that innocent people get caught up in the war against gangs, but it’s a war, innocent people get hurt in war. What else are they supposed to do? I’d like the “human rights activists” ti give a better alternative.

  • @hendogg3675

    @hendogg3675

    3 ай бұрын

    The kid probably wasn't a gang member but definitely had close friends who were. Birds of a feather.

  • @superduperboyx

    @superduperboyx

    3 ай бұрын

    You're all saying this is good and the innocent involved is a small price to pay... Until it's actually YOU or your loved ones being falsely accused.

  • @hendogg3675

    @hendogg3675

    3 ай бұрын

    @@superduperboyx the USA has thousands of people in jails that are innocent. There is a netflix documentary, the Central Park 5 about USA justice system

  • @user-ur1hy4mp2w
    @user-ur1hy4mp2w3 ай бұрын

    This just shows America really has no balls. Smh

  • @AA-lr6qm
    @AA-lr6qm3 ай бұрын

    Who cares about human rights if no one is safe. Bukele is a great model for countries to learn especially the america

  • @orlandorodriguez7235
    @orlandorodriguez72353 ай бұрын

    When being confronted with concerns for human rights, Bukele doubles down on the tough measures. What an absolute legend 😂

  • @evelynurrutia3284

    @evelynurrutia3284

    2 ай бұрын

    Yeah 😎 Excellent President Bukele 💪🏻💪🏻👏🏻👏🏻🇸🇻🇸🇻🇸🇻🇸🇻🇸🇻

  • @based_space215

    @based_space215

    2 ай бұрын

    As he should. That pu $$y @$$ mentality of enabling bad behavior through nonsense made up "human rights" is redundantaly garbage.. Powerful and safe nations don't survive on those fantasies, they survive by force and wit. Through logic, and not emotion, what's necessary to do and not to do because of common sense..

  • @lionesshuntress3591

    @lionesshuntress3591

    2 ай бұрын

    Haha! Yes! He is amazing! Doesn't fall for the crap the UK and US say! More like, "You have trouble with my work? I'll show you how seriously I take it!"

  • @ryanw1715
    @ryanw17153 ай бұрын

    We need prisons like this in america.

  • @josemagallon5932

    @josemagallon5932

    3 ай бұрын

    this prison is in america you meat the u.s

  • @outkast187

    @outkast187

    3 ай бұрын

    Or laws against crime again. Get these dems out

  • @sagetactics7337
    @sagetactics73373 ай бұрын

    Remember they chose violence. Violence didn’t choose them.

  • @fernandob4534
    @fernandob45343 ай бұрын

    We need this in Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit, Portland, Seattle, New York City, etc etc etc. I could name hundreds of cities were this would be great. But the people running our government have become weak. We need El Salvador’s president to give the people running some balls.

  • @blue-9-2-199
    @blue-9-2-1993 ай бұрын

    Lol I don't see them throwing gang sign anymore just like old salvador prison documentary video

  • @blanco-sanchez450

    @blanco-sanchez450

    3 ай бұрын

    😂 they’re not smiling and laughing anymore either. They just need to be put to work to repay their country for the damage and loss they’ve been causing for decades.

  • @auapc2441

    @auapc2441

    3 ай бұрын

    In other videos some stil do

  • @sebass2486

    @sebass2486

    3 ай бұрын

    Yeah I see 75,000 slaves there

  • @blue-9-2-199

    @blue-9-2-199

    3 ай бұрын

    @@blanco-sanchez450 some of them also Disappear(Executed) without trace by the government I don't feel sorry for this Terrorist organization they do a lot of Damage to Salvadoran citizen rest of Latin America should follow Nayib Bukele footsteps

  • @rubenrivera670
    @rubenrivera6703 ай бұрын

    Being from El Salvador, I have been there six times, and the last time I was there was when Bukele decided to make this change, and El Salvador is like a totally different country. Before, walking the streets at night was considered unsafe, but now you can roam wherever you please at any time. I really hope he can remain president for the remainder of his life.

  • @COMBAT_-ey8zl
    @COMBAT_-ey8zl3 ай бұрын

    They need to make prisons like that around the whole world, and then people will think twice about doing crimes.

  • @CytronicsGamer
    @CytronicsGamer3 ай бұрын

    South Africa needs this ASAP

  • @ivanchavez6226
    @ivanchavez62263 ай бұрын

    If you feel bad go ahead and house them in your home.

  • @evelynurrutia3284

    @evelynurrutia3284

    2 ай бұрын

    Exactly 💪🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍👍🇸🇻

  • @prospectbasement6723
    @prospectbasement67233 ай бұрын

    not gonna lie, i'm amazed at how clean this detention center is.

  • @warrenvanwyk6249

    @warrenvanwyk6249

    3 ай бұрын

    Lol, that is all these gansters have to do all day long, that & contemplating their life choices.

  • @Markrobinson-bb3ti

    @Markrobinson-bb3ti

    3 ай бұрын

    They just built it last year

  • @rolandomota7771

    @rolandomota7771

    3 ай бұрын

    they probably made them clean it for the reporters

  • @prospectbasement6723

    @prospectbasement6723

    3 ай бұрын

    @@rolandomota7771 good. they should keep doing it. all of our prisons in the US should as well

  • @beccagee5905

    @beccagee5905

    2 ай бұрын

    ​​​@@prospectbasement6723I remember when Florida had chain gangs. They wore black and white striped shirts, hats, and pants. And they used machetes to clear back the jungles beside the roadways. They were all chained to one long chain by the ankle. The Sheriff's stood guard with shotguns.

  • @asdfasdf-zz4ep
    @asdfasdf-zz4ep3 ай бұрын

    Sometimes you have to raise the bar so high, that these freaks will never know where it ends...

  • @xxxGammaRay
    @xxxGammaRay2 ай бұрын

    This sends a clear message. Be a gang member or a member of society.

  • @ludovician
    @ludovician3 ай бұрын

    Can't argue with those results. Fantastic work!

  • @cesarc1429
    @cesarc14293 ай бұрын

    Good job Nayib! You defend the human rights of the victims.

  • @slickcross
    @slickcross2 ай бұрын

    It looks like the president got some inspiration from watching Squid Game 🤣

  • @John.Skelton
    @John.Skelton3 ай бұрын

    WOW! THAT'S INSANE!!! 😨

  • @juliohernandez9372
    @juliohernandez93723 ай бұрын

    Footage of this prison was literally broadcast throughout the world in 2023. How does nbc think it can get away with calling this footage "rare"?

  • @cxa340

    @cxa340

    3 ай бұрын

    Because NBC and Telemundo have a deep hatred for the Bukele administration so this was just a filler story to combat his recent unprecedented electoral win - especially since Bukele announced today he would be speaking along with President Trump at a large convention of conservatives to be held in DC next month. The media has spent all this time trying to paint Bukele as a dictator - the idea of a Latin American country embracing capitalism, conservatism, personal and social responsibility - these are direct threats to the electoral power that the Left wants in the US via mass migration.

  • @dulcerivas9286

    @dulcerivas9286

    3 ай бұрын

    Bet men lol

  • @LexusGX460-OFF-ROAD

    @LexusGX460-OFF-ROAD

    3 ай бұрын

    That's why they're called the FORMERLY mainstream media and are forced to post on KZread

  • @joselyncarmona6061

    @joselyncarmona6061

    3 ай бұрын

    Exactly what I thought! 🤦🏽‍♀️

  • @BH-pl7vg

    @BH-pl7vg

    3 ай бұрын

    Because there’s not many individual journalists that have been allowed in.

  • @markdepriest418
    @markdepriest4183 ай бұрын

    I work with a young man from El Salvador that informed me that to avoid prison those not arrested already are escaping into the United States by the thousands. The Hispanic community he lives in have already seen the rise in violence and extortion from these gang members.

  • @f0xixtaiail2000

    @f0xixtaiail2000

    3 ай бұрын

    It's been confirmed! They are here by the thousands.

  • @Vidishish

    @Vidishish

    3 ай бұрын

    Of course. Thats what boarders are supposed to prevent but not with the human traffickers in the Whitehouse.

  • @jackfromm

    @jackfromm

    3 ай бұрын

    But can you blame the El Salvadorans? They have brought peace to their country. Yes, there likely is an exodus of criminals from El Salvador, because they are being incarcerated so effectively. This is good for us Americans in the long run

  • @saulalvarenga9589

    @saulalvarenga9589

    3 ай бұрын

    Actually, look up the numbers of people at the US south border, El Salvador dessapeared from the top 10 list of iligal immingrants influx.

  • @jpablo700

    @jpablo700

    3 ай бұрын

    ​@@jackfromm every time you sniff a line 5 more gangsters are born in Latin America.

  • @myohmy7368
    @myohmy73683 ай бұрын

    Criminals are so hateful and vicious. A safe society is more important than a free criminal to harm and hate innocent people.

  • @williamduck1998
    @williamduck19982 ай бұрын

    Outstanding. To bad we don’t do that here.

  • @giovannibautista2515
    @giovannibautista25153 ай бұрын

    I’m Salvadorian and I am proud to have Nayib Bukele as our president. The USA needs a president like this that puts their country first.

  • @vickieterry888

    @vickieterry888

    3 ай бұрын

    Yes we do! I'm American and I'm happy and proud for El Salvador!

  • @k_escobar917
    @k_escobar9173 ай бұрын

    Glad the people of El Salvador can live in somewhat peace now 🙏

  • @doctordisco6169
    @doctordisco61693 ай бұрын

    We need this in the US. Instead of coddling these people and glorifying the killers.

  • @JorJorBinksss
    @JorJorBinksss2 ай бұрын

    I'm so happy for El Salvador ❤

  • @Squeenix1
    @Squeenix13 ай бұрын

    Doing something like this in Chicago would actually fix the city within weeks. People could finally enjoy living there without having to look over their shoulders. But anyone tries to do anything like this in America they would be labeled a racist

  • @itsascaryworld9788
    @itsascaryworld97883 ай бұрын

    Good for him. He’s for the people of his country. Many other leaders can learn from this, he is changing the lives of future generations to come. What a beautiful country and bless anyone from El Salvador, it will become a top country in Latin America soon.

  • @hughw2377
    @hughw23773 ай бұрын

    America needs this....

  • @solis4920
    @solis49202 ай бұрын

    El Salvador is a good example of what we should do in America.

  • @successissadrug
    @successissadrug3 ай бұрын

    So proud of the El Salvador President 🙏🏼🇸🇻❤