Archive · 26 Dec 2025
60 Minutes Segment on CECOT Deportations Leaked
A TV show called 60 Minutes made a story about people being sent back to El Salvador from the United States.
The government didn't want to talk about it, but the show had some clips from important people.
They also talked to a group that helps people, and they found out that only a few of the people sent back had done really bad things.
The story got out before it was supposed to, and people are talking about it.
A 60 Minutes segment on CECOT deportations was accidentally aired and went viral.
Homeland Security declined interview requests and referred questions to El Salvador.
The segment included sound bites from President Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
Human Rights Watch reported that only eight of the deported individuals had violent crime sentences.
The focus was on the experiences of deported men and findings by Human Rights Watch.
- Who
- CBS's 60 Minutes, Homeland Security, Human Rights Watch
- What
- A leaked segment about CECOT deportations
- When
- Not specified
- Where
- United States, El Salvador
- Why
- To report on the experiences of deported men and findings by Human Rights Watch
- Program
- 60 Minutes
- Topic
- CECOT Deportations
- Government Response
- Declined interview requests
- Human Rights Watch Finding
- 8 of 100 deported had violent crime sentences
- Countries Involved
- United States, El Salvador