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Migrants cross a river during their journey through the Darien Gap from Colombia into Panama, hoping to reach the U.S., Oct. 15, 2022. President-elect José Raúl Mulino said Thursday, May 5, 2024 ...

Darien is the name of Panama’s easternmost province, which abuts Colombia. It is composed of dense, roadless jungle, mountains and fast-flowing rivers.

Panama will increase infrastructure in the jungle area along its shared border with Colombia known as the Darien Gap — as well as ramp up deportations — to contain a record-breaking flow of ...

Last year, a record 520,000 migrants risked life and limb, often at the hands of people smugglers, to traverse the Darien Gap, a dense jungle on Panama's border with Colombia.

The number of migrants traversing the treacherous Darien Gap in the hopes of making it to the United States has plummeted as Panama’s President José Raúl Mulino cracks down on the major migra… ...

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 ...

In April, Panama joined Colombia and the United States in a pledge to increase joint actions against human traffickers in Darien Gap. Pino did not say whether the operation was in response to ...

Panama's President José Raúl Mulino says that migrants entering Panama through the treacherous Darien Gap will only be sent back to their countries if they agree to do so, potentially ...

Between January and September 25, 259,712 migrants arrived in Panama through the Darien, a 35% decrease compared with the same period in 2023, said Alexis de Gracia, head of the National Border ...