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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 » Traffic: Panama reports drop in migration across perilous Darien Gap
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 migration ...
News Panama » Darien » Traffic: 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 » Traffic: Panama boosts protections in the Darién Gap, but deforestation threats still loom
Panama is pouring new resources into protecting Darién, a remote province where the rugged, nearly impenetrable jungle provides cover for migrants, drug traffickers, illegal loggers, miners and cattle ...
News Panama » Darien » Traffic: Progress Report: Has Panama Closed the Notorious ‘Darien Gap’ Mass Migration Route to the U.S. Border as Promised?
On the first day of July 2024, new Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino began his five-year term and quickly went to work implementing a chief promise that no previous contemporary leader of Panama ...