The Latest Breaking News from Darien

Human Rights Watch criticizes Colombia and Panama for failing to protect migrants in the Darien jungle, highlighting the increasing vulnerability to crimes...

Panama's government on Sunday accused international aid groups of encouraging illegal migration by handing out maps to help those crossing the treacherous Darien Gap jungle.

Nicaragua has become a hot spot for migrants from around the world seeking to avoid a brutal trek through the Darien Gap jungle -- including the 303 Indians whose plane was grounded last week in France on their way to the Central American nation.

Eye-opening expose on the treacherous journeys and hardships faced by migrants braving the jungles and seas in search of a better life.

The De La Cruz family’s tree in Darien was picked this year out of 100 applicants to stand in Millennium Park starting Nov. 17.

Panama and Costa Rica are facing a huge increase in the number of migrants moving through the jungle-clad Darien Gap

Rain-swollen rivers only briefly slowed the otherwise uninterrupted flow of migrants through this jungle-covered border of Colombia and Panama and by midweek another 2,000 bedraggled migrants stumbled out of the Darien jungle

Crossings of the dangerous Darién Gap have reached another record, as migrants seek protection or a better future in the United States but lack safer routes to get there.

Thousands of migrants riding atop railway cars in Mexico this week or waiting in mile-long lines by the tracks to hitch a ride to the U.S. have triggered the closure of one U.S. border crossing and forced Mexico’s largest railroad to suspend dozens of freight trains