The leaked segment highlights migrant abuse in El Salvador’s CECOT prison, raising concerns over CBS's journalistic independence after its abrupt removal.
A controversial news segment that was abruptly pulled from the television show “60 Minutes," appears to have been leaked online this week after the last minute decision to pull the story exploded into public debate about journalistic independence.
The segment featured interviews with migrants who were sent to the notorious El Salvadorian prison called the Terrorism Confinement Center, or CECOT, under President Donald Trump’s aggressive crackdown on immigration.
A recording of the story appears to have aired on the Global Television Network, which is one of Canada’s largest television networks. The story appears to have been taken down, but it is still on a website that captures and preserves webpages after they are taken down.
It is not clear how or why the story was leaked. Representatives for CBS News and Global TV did not respond to an emailed request for comment Tuesday morning, and did not confirm the authenticity of the video.
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