So to run a story on this subject, two months later, we simply need to do more.”She continued: “And this is 60 Minutes. “Government silence is a statement, not a VETO,” Alfonsi wrote. “Their refusal to be interviewed is a tactical manoeuvre designed to kill the story.”“The 60 Minutes report on Inside CECOT will air in a future broadcast,” a CBS News spokeswoman said in a statement. The segment, titled Inside CECOT, was set to cover the Trump administration’s deportations of Venezuelan migrants to Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT), one of El Salvador’s most notorious prisons. We go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state,” Alfonsi wrote.

Source: New Zealand Herald December 22, 2025 19:35 UTC