"On Sunday, the CBS News program 60 Minutes was set to air a report by Sharyn Alfonsi about CECOT, the notorious prison in El Salvador that has housed migrants deported by the Trump administration. At the last moment, this segment was spiked by Bari Weiss, the editor in chief of CBS News. But the segment was mistakenly aired in Canada and is now widely circulating on social media."
"Sharyn Alfonsi: You may recall earlier this year when the Trump administration deported hundreds of Venezuelan men to El Salvador, a country most had no connection to. The White House claims the men were terrorists, part of a violent gang, and invoked a centuries-old wartime power, saying it allowed them to deport some men immediately, without due process, an unusual strategy that sparked an ongoing legal battle."
"The deportees thought they were heading back to Venezuela, but then saw hundreds of Salvadoran police waiting for them on the tarmac. Shackled, they were paraded in front of cameras, pushed onto buses, and delivered to CECOT, El Salvador's notorious maximum-security prison. Luis Muñoz Pinto [ speaking in Spanish, translated in voiceover]: When we got there, the CECOT director was talking to us. First thing he told us was that we would never see the light of day or night again."
CBS News spiked a 60 Minutes segment about CECOT, but the segment was mistakenly aired in Canada and subsequently circulated on social media. Senator Elizabeth Warren urged sharing the report and a transcript was posted to preserve the public record. The report documents expedited deportations of hundreds of Venezuelan men to El Salvador under a claimed centuries-old wartime power, bypassing normal due process and triggering a legal battle. Deported men describe torture, sexual and physical abuse at CECOT, recount being shackled, paraded before cameras, pushed onto buses, and threatened on arrival.
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