The deportation flight Rubio watched being loaded in Panama City was carrying migrants detained by Panamanian authorities ...

But for migrants desperate to reach the US, it has become an unavoidable gateway. Those crossing the Darien Gap face steep mountains, muddy swamplands, fast-moving rivers, and dangerous wildlife.

Panama's President José Raúl Mulino is trying to stem the flow of migrants crossing the treacherous Darien Gap, a 70-mile stretch of undeveloped jungle near the Panama-Colombia border.

Panama's President José Raúl Mulino is trying to stem the flow of migrants crossing the treacherous Darien Gap, a 70-mile stretch of jungle near... Panama's efforts to stop U.S.-bound migrants ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio viewed a deportation flight carrying 43 migrants before it took off from Panama on Monday ...

This time, he wants to close the Darién Gap to prevent migrants from being able to make the journey from South America to the U.S. The crossing is ... down the Darien Gap is going to protect ...

While ultimately successful, this test provided several lessons to the 502nd and ERDC for wet-gap crossing operations. Success or failure in a wet-gap crossing operation always involves a variety ...

Panama said last month that the number of migrants crossing the Darien Gap from Colombia had decreased more than 90% in January compared with the same month a year earlier. The Mulino ...