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Panama dismantles ‘VIP’ Chinese migrant route in Darien jungle, a route to US border

  • Panama's border police arrested 15 individuals for allegedly running a smuggling ring to transport Chinese migrants through the Darien Gap.
  • The Darien Gap links Colombia and Panama, serving as a major route for migrants heading to the U.S. border.
  • In 2023, over 500,000 migrants crossed the Darien Gap, with Chinese migrants now the fourth-largest nationality using this route.
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Panama arrests 15 people for smuggling Chinese migrants through the Darien Gap

Police in Panama say they have arrested 15 people who allegedly ran a smuggling ring to move Chinese migrants through the Darien Gap

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Put on. This Wednesday, the Panamanian border police dismantled an organization that trafficked Chinese migrants, providing them with a route with less difficulty crossing the inhospitable Darién jungle on their way to the United States. “So far we have a total of 10 people arrested,” said the prosecutor against organized crime, Emeldo Márquez. The detainees belong to an organization “dedicated to the smuggling of migrants of different nationali…

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La Nación, Grupo Nación broke the news in on Wednesday, August 7, 2024.
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