La Esperanza, also known as Mariona, is a prison in El Salvador. Located on the northern outskirts of the city of San Salvador, it was the largest prison in El Salvador before the opening of the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT), with a population of 33,000 in 2023.United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services, El Salvador: Information on the Mariona prison, formally named La Esperanza, in San Salvador, 21 August 2001, SLV01005.ZAR, https://webarchive.archive.unhcr.org/20230521054121/https://www.refworld.org/docid/3decdc994.htmlHuman Rights Watch declaration on prison conditions in El Salvador for the J.G.G. v. Trump case, 20 March 2025, https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/03/20/human-rights-watch-declaration-prison-conditions-el-salvador-jgg-v-trump-caseCómo fue estar preso en El Salvador: “Se subían encima de él como que si era un resorte”, Caterina Morbiato, Los Angeles Times, Jun. 16, 2024, https://www.latimes.com/espanol/california/articulo/2024-06-16/como-fue-estar-preso-en-el-salvador-se-subian-encima-de-el-como-que-si-era-un-resorte
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