San José, Jan 14, 2026 (AFP) - Costa Rica vows to follow strongman Bukele's example in crime crackdown

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El Salvador's gang-busting President Nayib Bukele on Wednesday laid the foundation stone for a prison in Costa Rica modeled on his own CECOT mega-jail that rights groups say is the setting for serious human rights abuses. At the ceremony in the capital San Jose, Bukele urged the fellow Central American country not to hesitate to take tough action against organized crime, as he did. "The problem will keep growing if it isn't stopped, like a cancer......

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