"The segment began by showing Venezuelan men deported from the U.S. arriving in El Salvador, before they were shackled and taken into El Salvador's notorious CECOT maximum security prison, where they said they endured four months of hell. The segment featured an interview with Luis Munoz Pinto, a college student in Venezuela who sought asylum in the U.S. and was deported to CECOT while waiting for a decision on his asylum case."
"Four guards grabbed me, and they beat me until I bled, to the point of agony. They knocked our faces against the wall, that was when they broke one of my teeth, he said. On the condition of the prison, Pinto said, There was blood everywhere, screams, people crying, people who couldn't take it and were urinating and vomiting on themselves."
Venezuelan men deported from the U.S. arrived in El Salvador, were shackled, and taken into CECOT maximum security prison where they endured four months of hell. A deported asylum seeker described severe beatings, broken teeth, and pervasive blood, screams, and bodily breakdowns among inmates. Clips of the leaked segment were uploaded to social media platforms including X, Threads, and YouTube. Several Democratic lawmakers widely shared the footage, questioned CBS's decision to pull the segment, and accused the Trump administration of attempting to suppress the reporting. Calls circulated urging the public to download and preserve the footage.
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