S006-EL SALVADOR PRESIDENTE DE CHILE VISITA MEGA PRISION

STORY: Chilean president-elect Jose Antonio Kast toured on Friday (January 30) the popular Salvadoran mega-prison CECOT during his visit to the Central American country.

Kast, who travelled to El Salvador with his future security minister, met with El Salvador's Minister of Justice and Public Security and the Defence minister for a tour inside the facility.

"El Salvador was one of the most dangerous countries in Latin America and today it is the safest. The measures are not copied: they are studied and adapted to the national reality. But successful examples are followed. Today we visited the CECOT, one of the keys against organised crime," he posted on X.

In December, Kast won the presidential election on a law-and-order platform that pledged a crackdown on rising crime and a tougher stance on unchecked migration at Chile's porous northern border.

The Chilean leader, who will take office in March, is expected to meet with the Salvadoran president, Nayib Bukele.

DESCRIPCIÓN DE IMÁGENES

SHOWS: SAN VICENTE, EL SALVADOR (JANUARY 30, 2026) (REUTERS – Access all)

1. CHILEAN PRESIDENT-ELECT, JOSE ANTONIO KAST, GETTING SALVADORAN SECURITY MINISTER, GUSTAVO VILLATORO, AND EL SALVADOR DEFENSE MINISTER, RENE MERINO MONROY, OUTSIDE MEGAPRISON CECOT

2. INMATES SHOUTING (Spanish): “Good morning”

3. KAST VISITING PRISON WITH CECOT DIRECTOR BERLAMINO GARCIA, CHILE’S NEXT SECURITY MINISTER, TRINIDAD STEINERT, AND MERINO MONROY

4. INMATES IN CELL

5. KAST AND OFFICIALS WALKING IN CORRIDOR

6. GARCIA GIVING INSTRUCTIONS TO INMATES IN CELL

7. INMATES IN CELL

9. KAST SPEAKING TO GARCIA AND VILLATORO

10. VARIOUS OF INMATES

SAN VICENTE, EL SALVADOR (JANUARY 30, 2026) (EL SALVADOR GOVERNMENT HANDOUT – Access all)

11. VARIOUS OF OFFICIALS DURING TOUR

12. VARIOUS OF OFFICIALS MEETING

SAN VICENTE, EL SALVADOR (JANUARY 30, 2026) (REUTERS – Access all)