There was systematic “torture and other abuses” at CECOT, say former inmates. Nearly half of the Venezuelans the U.S. sent there “had no criminal history,” according to the nonprofit Human Rights Watch, citing ICE data. 60 Minutes reviewed the available ICE data. It confirms the findings of Human Rights Watch. It shows 70 men had pending criminal charges in the U.S., which could include immigration violations. We don’t know for sure because the Department of Homeland Security has never released a complete list of the names or criminal histories of the men it sent to CECOT. This past week, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security told us: “We are confident in our law enforcement’s intelligence, and we aren’t going to share intelligence reports and undermine national security every time a gang member denies he is one. That would be insane.” DHS declined 60 Minutes' request for an interview and referred all questions about CECOT to El Salvador. The government there did not respond to our ...