CBS News delays 60 Minutes segment on El Salvador’s Cecot megaprison

Mon, 22 Dec 2025

Backlash after broadcaster announces investigation, due to air on Sunday night, ‘needs additional reporting’

CBS News is facing a backlash, including from one of its own correspondents, after it cancelled a 60 Minutes investigation into a brutal prison in El Salvador where the Trump administration has deported hundreds of migrants.

The episode of its flagship program about the Cecot mega-prison was due to air on Sunday night. However, in an “editor’s note” posted on X, the broadcaster’s official account announced that “the lineup for tonight’s edition of 60 Minutes has been updated. Our report ‘Inside Cecot’ will air in a future broadcast.”