"60 Minutes postponed a segment on the maximum security prison in El Salvador that President Donald Trump sent suspected gangsters and illegal immigrants to, only a few hours before the report was set to air on Sunday. The CBS program had been planning to air the segment titled Inside CECOT, referring to El Salvador's Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo. Here is the brief editor's note that 60 Minutes posted to X about the report getting bumped: The broadcast lineup for tonight's edition of 60 Minutes has been updated."
"Earlier this year, the Trump administration deported hundreds of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador, a country most had no ties to, claiming they were terrorists. This move sparked an ongoing legal battle, and nine months later the U.S. government still has not released the names of all those deported and placed in CECOT, one of El Salvador's harshest prisons. It added Alfonsi would be speaking to some of the now released deportees, who describe the brutal and torturous conditions they endured inside CECOT."
CBS's 60 Minutes postponed a segment about El Salvador's Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT) hours before airing. The program removed a teaser clip from its website and posted an editor's note saying the broadcast lineup was updated. A CBS News spokesperson said the editorial team determined additional reporting was needed. The planned segment examined U.S. deportations of Venezuelan migrants to CECOT, allegations that deportees were labeled terrorists, and accounts of brutal and torturous conditions inside the prison. CECOT opened in 2023 under President Nayib Bukele's anti-gang campaign and has been described as a mega-prison.
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