American authorities had said in recent days they wanted to go after bus, plane and boat companies that knowingly transport undocumented migrants in Latin America, to slow the stream of migrants far from the southwestern border. “There’s a lot of effort to temporarily disrupt [migrants], but not a lot of coordinated efforts to do it in a concerted way." Petro’s government agreed to dispatch more migration officials and open temporary lodging for migrants in Necoclí and Turbo. Colombia, too, has cracked down on bus companies. In 2010, 559 migrants were recorded traveling through the Darién by Panamanian migration authorities.

Source: Wall Street Journal March 02, 2024 02:13 UTC