The answer comes in the form of leader Nayib Bukele, former mayor of the capital, San Salvador ... often referred to as one of the toughest prisons in the world, Cecot. It's the same prison ...

Ciudad Barrios prison in El Salvador, one of the most violent countries in the world, a facility exclusively for members of MS-13 - an international criminal gang - is guarded outside by the army.

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The agreement is one of several Quintus has struck, with the others coming for German-made doc series Behind Bars – The World’s Toughest Prisons. Missing Presumed Dead follows the real life ...