Overview
- The segment, largely unchanged from the version withheld in December, now includes written responses from the White House and the Department of Homeland Security.
- Interviews with deported Venezuelans allege beatings, torture and sexual abuse inside El Salvador’s Cecot high‑security prison.
- CBS reported that nearly half of the 252 Venezuelans transferred had no U.S. criminal convictions, while eight had convictions for violent or potentially violent crimes.
- Reporter Sharyn Alfonsi said the Trump administration repeatedly declined on‑camera interviews, which she characterized as a tactic to block publication, as CBS leadership defended the delay as an editorial decision.
- The episode briefly appeared online in Canada before the official U.S. broadcast, and the dispute has renewed attention to ownership changes at Paramount and a prior $16 million settlement with Trump referenced in coverage.