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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
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Natalie Alcoba

‘We didn’t have choice’: Thousands risk lives to cross Darien Gap

Haitian migrants cross the jungle of the Darien Gap, near Acandi, Choco department, Colombia, heading to Panama, September 26, 2021 [File: Raul Arboleda/AFP]

Yosimar Carrasquero learned quickly that to survive the treacherous Darien Gap, stay with a group – and keep going.

Two days into an eight-day trek through the jungle passage that connects Colombia with Panama, the 19-year-old Venezuelan migrant and her husband fell behind and lost their way.

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