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Ecuadorian migrants arriving in Panama, After crossing the Darien jungle, they will be deported by the authorities of that country.
This is a measure agreed upon and financed by the United States to stop the flow of migrants into that country.
Frank Ábrego, Panamanian Minister of Securityparticipated in a regional security meeting in Guayaquil.
There, he reported that the Government of his country made the decision to deport migrants who arrive in Panama through the Darien.
However, the first to be deported from Panama are 29 Colombians with criminal records.
In addition, all of them crossed the Colombian border through Darien. However, the idea of all of them is to reach the United States.
“The next flight will be to Ecuador,” Because “the second nationality with the most people in Darien is Ecuadorian,” said the president of Panama, José Raúl Mulin.
The United States financed with six millions of dollars for deportation from Panama of migrants crossing the Darien.
Ecuadorian migrants have crossed
More than 520,000 people crossed the Darien jungle in 2023, two-thirds of them Venezuelans, according to Panamanian authorities.
This year, more than 231,000 people have made the dangerous journey, including 153,577 Venezuelans, 14,598 Ecuadorians, 14,674 Colombians and 12,065 Chinese.
During the election campaign, Mulino had promised to “close” Darién to migration.
Once in power, he stated that he did not plan to carry out repatriations “by force” but rather voluntary ones, and deportations of people with criminal records.
In the Darien jungle, which covers an area of more than 575 thousand hectares, migrants face numerous natural risks.