Richard Madeley has described being forced to watch an online execution during a visit to a maximum security prison in El Salvador. The 70-year-old TV presenter was filming a documentary for Channel 5 at the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT), where thousands of inmates are serving life sentences.
Appearing on Good Morning Britain on Thursday (28 May), Madeley recounted how he was given a phone that showed horrifying footage of an execution. He said the video depicted five men who had strayed into rival gang territory being killed in “full colour on camera”.
“I didn't expect to see it. It was a bit of an ambush, actually,” Madeley told viewers. “But I have to say, I'm glad that I did because it underlined the brutality of these guys.”
