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The announcement of a change in plans came hours before the report was set to air Sunday.
NEW YORK — “60 Minutes” pulled a special report about El Salvador’s maximum security prison hours before it was meant to air Sunday.
“Editor’s note: The broadcast lineup for tonight’s edition of 60 Minutes has been updated. Our report “Inside CECOT” will air in a future broadcast,” the show’s social media pages posted hours before the broadcast.
The report was going to be on Terrorism Confinement Center, more commonly referred to as “CECOT.” A teaser clip for the episode, which has since been deleted, showed video of men exiting airplanes onto an airport tarmac lined by officers in riot gear. The men, who had their hands and ankles shackled, struggled to walk as officers pushed their heads down to have them bend down at the waist.
The video also showed the men being transported to prison in a large convoy of buses guarded by police and military vehicles.
“It began as soon as the planes landed. The deportees thought they were headed from the U.S. back to Venezuela. But instead, they were shackled, paraded in front of cameras and delivered to CECOT, the notorious maximum security prison in El Salvador,” the now deleted teaser said over the video. “They told 60 Minutes they endured four months of hell.”
Correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi reported the story.
It’s unclear why the broadcast was pulled or when it will air in the future.
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