Panama News » Darien News Panama » Darien » People: Panama arrests 15 people for smuggling Chinese migrants through the Darien Gap
PANAMA CITY (AP) — Border police in Panama said Wednesday that they have arrested 15 people who allegedly ran a smuggling ring to move Chinese migrants through the Darien Gap. The dangerous, ...
News Panama » Darien » People: Migrants' American dreams a nightmare for Panama's indigenous people and environmentalists
Pinogana, Darien Province Republic of Panama — Driving into the Panamanian province of Darien, the first thing you notice is the state of the Panamerican Highway, which is Interstate 35. It runs from ...
News Panama » Darien » People: Panama's next president to shut down Darien jungle migration route
Panama is on the verge of a dramatic change to its immigration policy that could reverberate from the dense Darien jungle to the U.S. border. President-elect José Raúl Mulino says he will shut down a ...
News Panama » Darien » People: 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 » People: 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 » People: Panama installs barbed wire to block migrants traveling through the Darién Gap
Panama has placed barbed wire across several routes in the Darién Gap, the country’s Ministry of Public Security said in a statement Thursday, in a bid to block migrants making their way north. At ...
News Panama » Darien » People: Panama’s New President Promises to Close Crossing for US-Bound Migrants
See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Panama's newly elected President José Raúl Mulino has pledged to "close ...
News Panama » Darien » People: Panama deportations unlikely to be enough to curb Darien crossings
PANAMA CITY, July 3 (Reuters) - An agreement between Panama and the United States to try to deter migrants from crossing the treacherous Darien jungle, by repatriating those that enter the Central ...
News Panama » Darien » People: If Panama Closes the Darién Gap, Would Evangelicals Care?
(UPDATED) Migrant rights have been off-radar for many Panamanian Christians. But as pressures increase, some are speaking out ahead of this weekend’s general elections. Update (May 6, 2024): José Raúl ...