Panama's newly elected president, José Raúl Mulino, vowed to close a major passageway for migrants heading toward the U.S. border.
"The border of the United States, instead of being in Texas, moved to Panama," said Mulino, the former public security minister who was elected on Sunday.
"We're going to close the Darien and we're going to repatriate all these people." Last year, more than half a million people crossed the hazardous Darien Gap on the border with Columbia.
In addition to the difficult terrain, many migrants also become victims of sexual violence.
Doctors Without Borders has treated more than 200 victims of sexual violence so far this year, most of them women and girls, including cases of rape and sexual abuse committed during robberies.
Recommended The Latest Stormy Daniels Development Shows How This Trial Is a Total Circus Matt Vespa Advertisement In a statement responding to his election victory, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the efforts to curb the flow of migration through the Darien Gap was a shared goal.
"Looking ahead, the United States will continue to work with Panama on our common goals of inclusive, sustainable economic growth, bolstering citizen security, and cooperatively curbing irregular migration through the Darien."
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