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Costa Rica Sets Oct. 14 Opening for Maximum-Security Prison Modeled on El Salvador's

The 5-module, $33.2 million facility will hold about 5,100 inmates and is aimed at gang leaders, violent prisoners and extradition cases.

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Costa Rica's maximum-security prison for organized crime, built from El Salvador's plans, opens Oct. 14 with room for 5,100 inmates.

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San José, Oct 5 (EFE).- The Government of Costa Rica announced this Monday that next October 14th will inaugurate the Center of High Containment against Organized Crime (CACCO), a "megacárcel" with capacity for 5,100 prisoners and inspired by the model implemented in El Salvador by the administration of Nayib Bukele. «For the pain [...] The entry Costa Rica concludes the construction of its "megacárcel" inspired by the model of Bukele was first …

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Center of High Containment and Organized Crime, in San Rafael de Alajuela, will be inaugurated on Wednesday at 12:30 p.m.

The High Containment Center against Organized Crime will have capacity for 5,100 prisoners and will be inaugurated on October 14, as announced by President Laura Fernández. Costa Rica’s entry prepares opening of megacarcel based on Bukele’s security model was first published in La Noticia SV.

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La Nación, Grupo Nación broke the news on Monday, October 5, 2026.
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