Migrants wade through the Tuquesa River as they traverse the Darien Gap.
AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco
More than half a million people made the treacherous crossing in 2023 – far higher than in previous years.
Migrants heading north arrive in Panama on Oct. 6, 2023, after walking across the 100-kilometre stretch of treacherous jungle shared by Colombia and Panama known as the Darien Gap.
(AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)
Migrants who cross the treacherous Darien Gap between Panama and Colombia often experience violence and abuse, extortion or detention by migration authorities.
A photo of a coyote in eastern Panama.
Coyotes, whose range is expanding, are now at the doorstep of South America.