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Inside El Salvador's CECOT Prison for MS-13 Gang Members, plus Stopping China from Having Control...

Published | Video Starts at 05:41

And in fact, what the El Salvador's government has done is imposed massive fines on the cell phone companies if any even a single call goes through from the prison. And so the cell phone companies to avoid and The fines, if I remember correctly, what the Justice Minister said to me, it is $100,000 per violation. so it can rack up very, very quickly. Ten calls is a million bucks, which means the cell phone companies don't want a single call coming out of that prison. (05:41–05:48)

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