“60 Minutes” put together a hard-hitting investigation into Venezuelan migrants deported by the Trump administration to El Salvador’s brutal CECOT mega-prison, a place former detainees straight-up call “hell.”

The report lays out allegations of beatings, torture, sexual abuse, and inhumane conditions. Here’s the kicker: government data shows most of the men sent there weren’t violent criminals at all. Nearly half had no criminal record, and only a handful were convicted of violent offences.

However, just hours before the episode was set to air, CBS pulled it. The order came from the network’s new editor-in-chief, sparking accusations of political censorship and corporate interference, especially with Trump-aligned owners now calling the shots.

CBS tried to bury the story, but it aired in Canada. Once it hit the internet, it spread everywhere, fuelling backlash from journalists, politicians, and viewers who saw this as a line crossed.

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