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The number of migrants traversing the treacherous Darien Gap in the hopes of making it to the United States has plummeted as ...
PUERTO CARTÍ, Panama — They once braved the jungles of the Darien Gap, trekking days along the perilous migrant passage dividing Colombia and Panama with a simple goal: Seek asylum in the U.S ...
The Darién Gap, mind you, is 5,000 kilometers away from the US border. The only land bridge connecting South and Central America, it is largely comprised of spectacularly hostile jungle.
The number of migrants crossing the treacherous Darien Gap, a mountainous rainforest region that connects South and Central America, has broken a new record, according to immigration officials in ...
An almost unbroken chain of migrants is being shuffled from Colombia through the Darien Gap jungle on a scale that could approach 500,000 this year. Wave of migrants that halted trains in Mexico ...
PANAMA CITY, July 24 (Reuters) - Ten migrants were found dead after drowning in an attempt to cross the perilous Darien Gap between Panama and Colombia, Panamanian border police said on Wednesday.
(THE CONVERSATION) Much of the discussion over illegal immigration to the U.S. has in recent weeks moved its focus south to the Darien Gap. This treacherous route that spans parts of Central and ...
Panamanian police inspect the luggage of Francismar Acosta, from Venezuela, in Lajas Blancas, Panama, after she trekked across the Darien Gap from Colombia with her daughter Adhara Figueroa ...
LAJAS BLANCAS, Panama — Venezuelans trekking across the Darien Gap – a rugged jungle passage between Colombia and Panama – say they’re making the perilous journey because they lost hope ...
Almost 9,700 children and adolescents have tried to cross the infamous Darien Gap in the first two months of 2023, a seven-fold increase compared to the same period in 2022, according to a UNICEF ...
BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — Migrants bound for the U.S. are once again crossing the Darien Gap in large numbers, officials in Colombia said on Monday, after being stranded for much of last week in ...