A sevenfold increase in sexual attacks against people trekking through the Darién Gap is compounding the misery for people making one of the world’s most dangerous and under-reported border crossings, said Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).
Complete impunity for armed gangs in the lawless stretch of jungle that links South and Central America meant one person became a victim of sexual violence every three and a half hours in December, the overstretched medical organisation said.
