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Ryan Fahey

Inside the brutal El Salvador jail that's packed with 67,000 prisoners where 153 died

More than 150 convicts have died as a result of serious injury or torture in El Salvador since police began locking up thousands of gangsters in mega jails in March.

Earlier this year, the Central American country's President Nayib Bukele announced the controversial crackdown against the ruthless MS-13 and 18 gangs, which were making the streets a warzone.

None of those who died had been convicted of a crime they were accused of at the time of their arrest. There were four women among the victims and the rest were men.

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