Panama's indigenous Embera tribe has had its traditional way of life threatened by three years of mass migration through tribal lands it holds near the infamous Darien Gap.
The Biden administration’s border policies have helped contribute to the destruction of indigenous tribes in Central and South America, according to one expert. Panama’s indigenous Embera-Wounnaan tribe has seen a rapid decay in its way of life over the last three years, with tribal leaders blaming the flood of migrants journeying north from South America and crossing its territory en route to the United States.
The comments come after Bensman’s recent travels to areas around the famed Darien Gap, a large chunk of nearly inhabitable wilderness stretching through Colombia and Panama. The area also is home to the indigenous territory of the Embera, a 19,000-member tribe of hunters and farmers who now find themselves at the center of broader U.S. border security policy.
Embera men do pilot pretty much every boat ferrying the immigrants. They are making money,' Bensman told Fox News Digital. But the quick money has also led to an epidemic of drug and alcohol abuse within the tribe, as well as a mass-abandonment of its traditions of hunting, fishing and farming. As a result, many members of the tribe have also begun to suffer from food shortages, a problem exacerbated by passing migrants desperate for a meal themselves.
Without a seat at the table to determine their own fate, the tribal leaders were left hoping to send a message to international leaders, including Biden. 'Mr. President and you candidates, you are finishing off and you are killing all the Indians on the Comarca!' General Chief Leonide Cunampia told Bensman during their interview. 'You have to pay attention to what’s going on in our territory.
Trump administration will flood the zone with the help Panama wants to close the gap. Hanging in the balance is the future cultural viability of this tribe out there,' Bensman said. 'Either administration owes that tribe a seat at the table going forward.' The White House did not immediately respond to a Fox News Digital request for comment. Get the latest updates on the ongoing border crisis from the Fox News Digital immigration hub.
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