Olef and Zeus, two restless one-and-a-half-year-old twins, believe they are going to “go on a safari to see animals” This is what their mother told them on the bus ride from Venezuela for “camouflage“The real reason: to cross the dangerous jungle of Darien to get to Panama a scale towards USA. With a kangaroo to […]
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Panama and the US will sign an agreement to repatriate migrants who cross the jungle
The elected president of PanamaJosé Raúl Mulino, who takes power on Monday, announced this Friday that he will sign an agreement with USA to jointly repatriate the migrants that cross the inhospitable jungle of Darien. The document, according to Mulino, will be signed on Monday during a meeting with the Secretary of Homeland Security of […]
Number of migrant children who crossed the Panamanian jungle towards the US skyrocketed in 2024
More than 30,000 migrant children crossed the inhospitable Panamanian jungle of Darienroad to USA, in the first quarter of 2024, an increase of 40% compared to the same period of the previous year, reported this Wednesday Unicef. “In the first four months of 2024, more than 30,000 children en route crossed the Darien Gap, a […]
Migrant women, victims of attacks with their children in tow in the Darién
The migration It stopped being a man thing a long time ago. Women alone, with children or with their partners, leave their homes behind having to go through a “hell” like the jungle Darien, where they are victims of rape or robbery while carrying their children: “Come on, it won’t be long.” At the Bajo […]
Panama: organized crime “earned” US$ 820 million moving migrants through the Darién
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 […]
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
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 […]