# Costa Rica opens mega-prison as it steps up fight against organized crime

https://mins.news/en/video/102289

- Reuters, 2026-10-15 22:58 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yoQEaXMuDE

> Costa Rica inaugurated a maximum-security prison, intensifying its campaign against organized crime after killings surged in a country long regarded as one of Latin America's safest.

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