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Weiss originally postponed the segment because she believed, at present, we do not present the administration's argument for why it sent 252 Venezuelans to CECOT. Correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi, who reported on the story, was furious slamming the move as a political decision and arguing that Weiss's reasoning was flawed. Their refusal to be interviewed is a tactical maneuver designed to kill the story, Alfonsi wrote, in an internal memo of her own.

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.

The now infamous terrorism confinement centre, known as Cecot, is Latin America's largest prison with capacity for 40,000 inmates. In March, the Trump administration struck a deal with El Salvador to send there more than 250 Venezuelan migrants that it accused of accused of terrorism and gang membership. Horror stories have since emerged about abuse that they are alleged to have endured, with lawyers for some of the men who were later released describing the conditions as state-sanctioned torture.

Tanya Simon, with 25 years of experience on 60 Minutes, has been named executive producer after serving as interim executive producer since April. She has significantly contributed to the show.

CBS released the full raw video footage and transcripts, insisting that the show's broadcast was not doctored or deceitful. Trump's accusation that they changed her answer simply is not true.