Last year, criminal organizations “they won” US$ 820 million moving migrants by Darien junglethe natural border between Panama and Colombiaand through which this year 54,547 people have already crossed heading north, as announced this Monday by the Panamanian authorities. The Ministry of Security of Panama reported through a statement, and in the words of the […]
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The US implements a new immigration policy to avoid the Darién
Five years ago Alexis Llanos and his family fled Venezuela toward Colombia, escaping death threats and political persecution. They did not achieve stability there either and decided to cross the dangerous Panamanian jungle of the Darien to illegally cross the border USA with Mexico. Their plans already had a date for August 2023 when a […]
Pope Francis turns 87: he denounces attacks in Gaza and asks for Darien
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He Pope Francisco He celebrated his 87th birthday today with a “circus party” in the Paul VI Hall of the Vatican in which there was cake and was accompanied by children and their families from a pediatric hospital of the Holy See. Traditionally, in the Vatican, birthdays are not celebrated, but rather name days, but […]
More than 500,000 migrants have crossed the Darién jungle in 2023, a historical record
More than 500,000 migrants have crossed the dangerous Darien jungle on their way to North America so far in 2023, a historical record of individuals who crossed this natural border between Panama and Colombiamost of them Venezuelans, official sources informed EFE this Wednesday. Of the 501,297 migrants who have crossed what is known as the […]
The ‘migratory industry’ of Darién, guilty of suspension of trains in Mexico
The thousands of migrants They travel on the roof of wagons Mexico or who wait in kilometer-long lines next to the tracks to board a train to reach USA this week caused the closure of one of the border crossings and forced the largest Mexican railway company to suspend dozens of trains of merchandise. But […]
The US, Colombia and Panama coordinate to address the migration crisis in Darién
USA, Colombia and Panama “coordinate efforts” to address the migration crisis in the dangerous jungle of the Darienwho are crossing hundreds of thousands of people on their irregular journey to North AmericaThe Panamanian and US governments reported this Tuesday. For this, the United States ambassador in Panama, Mari Carmen Aponte, the Panamanian Ministers of Foreign […]
Irregular migration of Ecuadorians to the United States skyrockets again
The arrival of irregular migrants from Ecuador at the United States border has skyrocketed again, with more than 35,500 arrests, expulsions or deportations in the last quarter of 2022, which exceeds the number of the previous twelve months, in which they did not arrive at 25,000. This is reflected in the data from the United […]