’60 Minutes’ segment on CECOT prison mysteriously delayed
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CBS’s “60 Minutes” postponed a segment interviewing immigrants sent to El Salvador’s maximum-security prison, CECOT, after being deported by the Trump administration.
The “Inside CECOT” segment was originally going to feature reporter Sharyn Alfonsi interviewing “some of the now-released deportees who described brutal and torturous conditions.”
“Earlier this year, the Trump administration deported hundreds of Venezuelan immigrants to El Salvador, a country with which most had no ties, claiming they were terrorists. The move sparked an ongoing legal battle, and nine months later the U.S. government still has not released the names of those deported and placed in CECOT, one of El Salvador’s harshest prisons.” Press release Read on for the episode.
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“60 Minutes” postponed its “Inside CECOT” episode hours before it was due to air. (Screenshot/CBS News)
However, an announcement was made on the program hours before the episode was to air on Sunday. editor’s note on X It delays the episode.
“The synopsis for tonight’s edition of 60 Minutes has been updated. Our ‘Inside CECOT’ report will appear in a future broadcast,” the note read. it said.
The segment has been replaced with a section titled “”Kanneh-Masons“focuses on seven British brothers who became sensations in the world of classical music.”
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The schedule did not give a reason for the delay, but a CBS spokesperson told Fox News Digital that the network “determined the need for additional reporting.”
“60 Minutes” reporter Sharyn Alfonsi interviewed inmates in an El Salvador prison. (Salvadorian Government via Getty Images)
“60 Minutes” also customized a preview of the episode in which Alfonsi talks to a former inmate about “four months of hell” on its YouTube channel.
“Did you think you were going to die there?” Alfonsi asked.
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“Honestly, we thought we were the living dead anyway,” one prisoner responded.
Inmates with MS-13 gang tattoos look out from their cells as Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem tours the Center for Confinement of Terrorists (CECOT) in Tecoluca, El Salvador, on March 26, 2025. (Alex Brandon-Pool/Getty Images)
The Trump administration has faced controversy over its deportation of hundreds of Venezuelan gang members to CECOT earlier this year. In March, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg issued an emergency order blocking President Donald Trump from deporting some immigrants to El Salvador. Despite the decision, hundreds of migrants remained in CECOT for months.
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Boasberg has since ordered the Justice Department to report the immigrants’ status and location.
