They once braved the jungles of the Darien Gap, trekking days along the perilous migrant passage dividing Colombia and Panama ...

The illegal journey into the US often involves dangerous crossings through multiple countries, including the treacherous Darien Gap - a vast, roadless jungle that connects Colombia and Panama.

The remaining migrants would be sent to a temporary migration facility near the Darien Gap, a heavily forested region along the Colombian border, until it’s clear where they will be sent.

Image Migrants charging their phones at the San Vicente camp in 2022. The camp is at the end of the Darién Gap jungle.Credit...Federico Rios for The New York Times Now, the Panamanian government ...

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Map locates Panama City, Panama, and the Darién Gap along the border of Panama and Colombia. Muzaffar Chishti, a senior fellow at the Migration Policy Institute, a nonpartisan think tank ...

He praised Panama’s cooperation in deporting migrants and reducing crossings through the Darién Gap. Rubio also secured Panama’s withdrawal from China’s belt and road initiative.