The number of migrants who traveled through the Darien Gap — a massive jungle that serves as a pathway through Central America and towards the U.S. — is close to 250,000 already in 2023, The ...

An almost unbroken chain of migrants is being shuffled from Colombia through the Darien Gap jungle on a scale that could approach 500,000 this year. Wave of migrants that halted trains in Mexico ...

The number of migrants crossing the treacherous Darien Gap, a mountainous rainforest region that connects South and Central America, has broken a new record, according to immigration officials in ...

Venezuelan migrant Alvaro Calderini carries his niece across a river near Bajo Chiquito, Panama, after walking across the Darien Gap from Colombia on their way north to the United States, Nov. 9 ...

An NPR team follows Omar Vivó as he sets off from Colombia for the U.S., traversing part of the Darién Gap, where the dangers include raging rivers, snakes and criminals who prey on migrants.

The migrants crossing through the Darien Gap are mostly Haitian who have been living in South America. Visa requirements and the coronavirus pandemic have made it extremely difficult for them to ...

Few migrants remain in the Darien Gap, but an environmental crisis has been left behind. May 5, 2025. Their hopes for asylum in U.S. dashed, migrants in Tijuana ponder next moves.

Two U.N. groups said Thursday that the number of migrants crossing the dangerous Darien Gap between Colombia and Panama could soar to as many as 400,000 this year.

FILE - Migrants walk across the Darien Gap from Colombia to Panama on their long and difficult journey to reach the United States, May 9, 2023.

BOGOTÁ, Colombia — BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — Migrants bound for the U.S. are once again crossing the Darien Gap in large numbers, officials in Colombia said on Monday, after being stranded for ...

PUERTO CARTÍ, Panama — They once braved the jungles of the Darien Gap, trekking days along the perilous migrant passage dividing Colombia and Panama with a simple goal: Seek asylum in the U.S.

Hundreds of thousands of migrants are making the trek through the Darien Gap, the hazardous jungle between Colombia and Panama, in hopes of reaching the U.S. In Colombia, they gather tips and ...