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Costa Rica opens Bukele-inspired mega-prison to fight cartels

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Costa Rica is opening a new mega-prison designed to combat drug cartels and confront organized crime, drawing inspiration from El Salvador's security strategy under President Nayib Bukele. The facility, capable of holding 5,100 inmates, aims to become a global benchmark for prison security. This move aligns Costa Rica with other Latin American nations like Ecuador, Peru, and Colombia that have adopted similar hardline approaches to security. AI

RANK_REASON Policy shift in a sovereign nation adopting a widely discussed security strategy from another country. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=1 ai=0.1]

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Costa Rica opens Bukele-inspired mega-prison to fight cartels

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Associated Press ·

    Costa Rica latest to adopt Bukele blueprint with new mega-prison

    Costa Rica, considered for decades a peaceful enclave in turbulent Central America, has now made fighting drug trafficking one of its main goals. And it is turning to one of its Central American neighbours for inspiration in its hardline crackdown. On Wednesday, President Laura F…

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