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VILLA CALETA, Panama — The face of U.S. President Donald Trump flashes on the flat-screen TV that Luis Olea bought with the money he earned ferrying migrants through the remote Panamanian jungle ...
News Panama » Darien » Economy: Over 300,000 migrants crossed Latin America’s Darien Gap in 2024, down 42%
PANAMA CITY — Over 300,000 migrants crossed the Darien Gap into Panama in 2024, 42% fewer than the record number who made the perilous jungle crossing from South America a year earlier, Panama’s ...
News Panama » Darien » Economy: Panama reports drop in migration across perilous Darien Gap
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. STORY: Panama says it saw a drop in the number of migrants crossing the perilous Darien Gap in 2024. The land bridge links South ...
News Panama » Darien » Economy: Biden/Harris made empty promises to stop migrants in Panama — but the flood continues
A sign at the end of the notorious Darien Gap in Panama -- where 1.5 million migrants have traveled since 2021. Photo by LUIS ACOSTA/AFP via Getty Images See more of our coverage in your search ...
News Panama » Darien » Economy: Once a migratory highway, the Darien Gap has been left empty under Trump crackdown
A little more than a year ago, the small Panamanian river port of Lajas Blancas was filled with a crush of people trying to make their way to the United States. Now, the makeshift migrant camp has ...
News Panama » Darien » Economy: Migrant Smugglers Threaten Panama’s Darién Conservation Plans
Panama has announced an initiative to combat environmental degradation in the Darién Gap, but entrenched criminal groups in the region will make these measures difficult to implement. Panama’s ...
News Panama » Darien » Economy: Report: Migrant crossings in Darien Gap between Colombia, Panama plunge
Sept. 3 (UPI) --Unauthorized migration through the Darien Gap jungle between Colombia and Panama has fallen by 97% between January and August 2025. Moreover, more than 14,000 migrants have been ...
News Panama » Darien » Economy: Panama Announces 5000 Dollar Fines For Darien Jungle Migrants
Migrants entering Panama from Colombia through the Darién jungle, on their route to the United States, will be fined up to $5,000, said Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino. “Any person who enters ...
News Panama » Darien » Economy: Protecting the Darién Gap: Interview with Panama national parks director Luis Carles Rudy
If you liked this story, share it with other people. In recent years, the area has received global attention as a migrant crossing route, with thousands of people from Colombia, Venezuela and other ...