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Hard Labor? Inmates in El Salvador Party With Naked Dancers

© AFP 2023 / Jose CABEZASMembers of the Mara 18 gang, attend a mass at the Izalco Penitenciary in the city of Izalco, 70 Km west of San Salvador on April 13, 2012
Members of the Mara 18 gang, attend a mass at the Izalco Penitenciary in the city of Izalco, 70 Km west of San Salvador on April 13, 2012 - Sputnik International
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El Salvador was thrown into uproar after reports about a 'porn party' in one of the local prisons were confirmed.

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The central prison authority of El Salvador has confirmed the authenticity of a video posted online which shows the inmates of Izalco penitentiary partying with naked dancers.

According to Infobae news website, the prisoners, albeit in a rather extravagant fashion, were in fact celebrating the Day of the Virgin of Mercy (Día de la Virgen de las Mercedes) – the patron saint of criminals and of the accused, according to local beliefs.

Rodil Hernández, El Salvador’s prisons director, said that the scandalous 'party' involving a host of strippers and a DJ took place on September 24 and 25, 2012. The country’s Attorney General Douglas Meléndez has already met the then-President Mauricio Funes, seeking to obtain more information on that time period.

The Izalco prison holds members of the notorious 18th Street Gang, also known as Barrio 18 or Mara 18. The video clearly depicts how naked dancers cavort and give inmates lap dances while a warden films the ongoing 'festivities' on camera.



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