"The first thing he told us was that we would never see the light of day or night again. He said, Welcome to hell,' recalled Luis Munoz Pinto, a Venezuelan college student now living in Colombia, who speaks in the segment. He had traveled to the US seeking asylum and was arrested in 2024 at his appointment with US Customs and Border Protection in California. They just looked at me and told me I was a danger to society, Pinto recalled. He told correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi he had no criminal record. I never even had a traffic ticket."
"It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now, after every rigorous internal check has been met, is not an editorial decision, it is a political one."
"My job is to make sure that all stories we publish are the best they can be. Holding stories that aren't ready for whatever reason that they lack sufficient context, say, or that they are missing criti"
A nearly 14-minute segment examined the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (Cecot) megaprison in El Salvador and showed detainees being shackled on arrival. A Venezuelan asylum seeker, Luis Munoz Pinto, described being told "Welcome to hell," said officers declared him a danger despite no criminal record, and recounted being arrested at a US Customs and Border Protection appointment. The episode was published on a Global TV streaming platform in Canada after being pulled by CBS, which cited the need for additional reporting. The removal prompted internal and external backlash, with staff and leaders offering competing defenses of the decision.
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