圣何塞，10月27日——哥斯达黎加司法部周二表示，该国已在首都圣何塞郊区新建的超级监狱中关押了首批123名囚犯，该监狱在萨尔瓦多政府的帮助下建成。
Shackled, shaved and in uniform: first inmates arrive at Costa Rica mega-prison SAN JOSE, Oct 27 - Costa Rica has locked up the first 123 inmates in a new mega-prison, built with the help of the Salvadoran government in the outskirts of capital San José, the country's justice ministry said on Tuesday.
该部公布了多张照片，显示囚犯身着橙色服装，剃光头、低头坐着，双手置于颈后，姿势与萨尔瓦多的恐怖主义关押中心（CECOT）照片相似，后者是纳伊布·布克勒总统政府关押数万名帮派成员及疑似帮派关联者的超级监狱。
The ministry shared images showing rows of inmates dressed in orange, seated with shaved heads bowed and their hands behind their necks, in poses resembling photographs from El Salvador's Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT), the mega-prison where President Nayib Bukele's government holds tens of thousands of gang members and suspected gang affiliates.
哥斯达黎加最高安全级别的监狱自称为组织犯罪高强度遏制中心（CACCO），该设施被劳拉·费尔南德斯总统政府呈现为其新‘严厉打击犯罪’方针的象征，以应对该国面临的安全危机——曾是西半球最和平的国家之一。
Costa Rica's maximum security prison, which it calls the High Containment Center against Organized Crime (CACCO), has been presented by the government of President Laura Fernandez as a symbol of a new "tough on crime" approach championed by her administration in response to a security crisis facing Costa Rica, once one of the most peaceful countries in the Western Hemisphere.
‘哥斯达黎加正书写其监狱史的新篇章，’司法部长加布里埃尔·阿吉拉尔在声明中说。‘CACCO是国家安全的丰碑，是对有组织犯罪的有力回应，也是国家毫不犹豫行使权威的保证。’阿吉拉尔还表示，新设施将有助于缓解监狱系统的拥挤。该监狱可容纳5,100名囚犯，约占该国监狱总人口的20%。
"Costa Rica is writing a new chapter in its penitentiary history," Justice Minister Gabriel Aguilar said in a statement. "CACCO is a monument to national security, a forceful response to organized crime, and a guarantee that the state will exercise its authority without hesitation." Aguilar has said the new facility will also help reduce overcrowding in the prison system. The prison has a capacity for 5,100 inmates, equivalent to 20% of the country's prison population.
长期被视为拉丁美洲最安全国家之一的哥斯达黎加，近年来因毒品走私和有组织犯罪导致的暴力急剧上升。该国2023年创下了最高的凶杀案记录，尽管此后数字已趋于稳定。官方将大多数杀人案归因于犯罪团伙之间围绕毒品走私路线和市场的争斗。
Costa Rica, long regarded as one of the safest countries in Latin America, has in recent years experienced a sharp rise in violence linked to drug trafficking and organized crime. The country recorded a record number of homicides in 2023, although figures have since stabilized. Authorities attribute most killings to disputes between criminal groups over drug trafficking routes and markets.