Keiko Fujimori wants to build two mega-prisons in Peru as fast as El Salvador built CECOT
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Peru's president, Keiko Fujimori, said during her official visit to El Salvador that her government plans to build two large prisons and hopes to do so in seven months, the time she said it took to build CECOT. According to Diario El Mundo, which runs an EFE report, she said the timeline will depend on political will and budgets. She also mentioned six prisons already underway in Peru that her government wants to finish. Infobae reports that, after touring CECOT, she said the visit will inspire them to replicate those prisons and initiatives such as the Cero Ocio (Zero Idleness) program.
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