Human Rights Watch says migrants who cross the Darien Gap on their way to the U.S. have become increasingly exposed to robberies and sexual violence.
Colombia and Panama are failing to protect hundreds of thousands of migrants who cross the Darien jungle on their way to the U.S. and have become increasingly vulnerable to robberies and sexual violence, Human Rights Watch said in a report published Wednesday.
The Colombian side of the jungle is controlled by the Gulf Clan, a drug-trafficking group that is taxing local guides and earning up to $125 for every migrant that crosses into Panama, according to estimates provided to HRW by Colombian military officials, and cited in the group's previous report on the Darien Gap, published in November.
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