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Salvador Melendez. Prisoners look out from their cell as the Costa Rica Justice and Peace minister tours the Terrorist Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador, Friday, April 4, 2025.

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) ... Costa Rica looks to El Salvador in announcing new prison and tough-on-crime reforms. The Associated Press. May 2, 2025, 8:45 PM.